LAMIA (POLYRHAPHIS) CANCRIFORMIS. Thorace multidentato; dorso plano,
elytris pustulatis, tibiisque anticis unidentatis. (Long. Corp. fere 1
unc.)
SYN. Cerambyx cancriformis, _Fabr. Sp. Ins._ 1. 209. 4. _Syst. Ent._ 165.
4. _Syst. Eleuth._ 2. 289. 40. (Lamia c.)
Cerambyx pustulatus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
General colour grey brown. Head furnished with strong mandibles. Antennæ
(with the basal joint very thick) much longer than the insect. Thorax
rough, gibbous, and full of small pustules, two of which form an obtuse
spine on the sides. Scutellum small and triangular. Elytra margined, and
full of small pustules, having two spines fixed at their extremity, near
the suture. Fore-legs long. Tibiæ with a single spur. Femora clavate.