Plate XXXV. fig. 4. (or the bottom figure).
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Lamiidæ.
GENUS. LAMIA, _Fabr._ Cerambyx p. _Linn._ (SUBGENUS: Acanthoderes,
_Serv._)
LAMIA (ACANTHODERES) ARANEIFORMIS. Thorace spinoso tuberculatoque elytris
porosis, maculâ marginali fuscâ, antennis longis. (Long. Corp. fere 1
unc.)
SYN. Cerambyx araneiformis, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 2. 625. _Oliv. Ent._ 4.
67. 64. _t._ 5. _f._ 34. _Fabricius Syst. Eleuth._ 2. 288. 37. (Lamia a.)
_Sloane Hist. Jamaica_, 2. 209. 19. 2. _t._ 237. _f._ 24. _Serville Ann.
Soc. Ent. Fr._ 1835. 30. (Acanthoderes a.)
HABITAT: Antigua (_Drury_). "In America Meridionali" (_Fabr._).
Head dark brown. Antennæ longer than the insect; the sixth joint being
furnished with a small tuft of hairs. Thorax brown, very rough and
uneven, occasioned by the many bumps or swellings on it; two of which,
like thick spines, are situated on the sides. Scutellum small. Elytra
brown, and full of small pustules. In the middle are two oblong black
streaks, placed next the suture. Legs brown, femora very thick. Tarsi
yellow underneath, and pilose; those of the fore-legs being very hairy.
{70}PLATE XXXVI.
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