Plate XXXV. fig. 2. (or the left-hand figure).
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Lamiidæ.
GENUS. LAMIA, _Fabr._ Cerambyx, _Linn. &c._ (SUBGENUS: Monochamus,
_Meg._)
LAMIA (MONOCHAMUS) DENTATOR. Thorace spinoso, fusco cinereoque varia.
(Long. Corp. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)
_Syn._ Lamia dentator, _Fabr. Syst. El._ 2. _p._ 294. 70. _Haworth in
Ent. Trans._ 1. _t._ 1?
Cerambyx carolinensis, _Oliv. Ent._ 4. 67. _p._ 85. _t._ 12. _f._ 88.?
Cerambyx notatus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: See Observation below.
Head grey brown. Antennæ grey brown, and about the length of the insect.
Palpi four, and just above the mouth are placed, on each side the head,
two protuberances. Thorax grey brown, dappled with black; having on each
side a short thick spine. Scutellum small and triangular. Elytra grey
brown, dappled with small black streaks, and extending beyond the anus.
Abdomen, breast and legs grey brown, like the rest of the insect.
The insect figured by Drury is stated to have been received from Norway. No
Longicorn beetle, corresponding with Drury's insect has been ascertained to
be a native of that country, or indeed of Europe. Hence, as this figure
very nearly corresponds with the American Lamia dentator of Fabricius, I am
inclined to believe that Drury's specimen had been imported from North
America, in the same manner as the specimen described and figured by Mr.
Haworth in the Transactions of the former Entomological Society, and which
was taken near London. I have, however, marked the synonyms with doubt,
this figure having been overlooked by all subsequent authors.
{69}ELATER AURATUS.
Plate XXXV. fig. 3.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Serricornes. FAMILY: Elateridæ, _Leach_.