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Memoirs on the coleoptera

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CERAMBYCID.E 239<br />

A Similar but still more el<strong>on</strong>gate, with narrower and less transverse<br />

prothorax, less approximate eyes and still smaller head, <strong>the</strong> scutellum<br />

larger, broader and more rounded; eyes separated by two-<br />

thirds <strong>the</strong>ir own width; elytra fully twice as l<strong>on</strong>g<br />

as wide; tarsi<br />

similar. Length ( 9 ) 41.0 mm.; width i6.omm.; length and width<br />

of <strong>the</strong> prothorax 6.0X12.3 mm. Locality unrecorded.<br />

prolixus n. subsp.<br />

Form much stouter, larger, black, <strong>the</strong> elytra ra<strong>the</strong>r abruptly dull rufous<br />

in apical two-thirds; head more developed, two-thirds as wide as<br />

<strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong><br />

prothorax, <strong>the</strong> eyes separated by three-fourths <strong>the</strong>ir width,<br />

mandibles notably larger and thicker; antennae much shorter,<br />

scarcely extending to basal third of <strong>the</strong> elytra, <strong>the</strong> last joint as l<strong>on</strong>g<br />

as <strong>the</strong> preceding but narrower; prothorax relatively much narrower<br />

and less transverse though similar o<strong>the</strong>rwise, <strong>the</strong> scutellum similar;<br />

elytra much broader, with <strong>the</strong> arcuate sides more narrowly rounding<br />

behind, nearly two-fifths wider than <strong>the</strong> prothorax, two-thirds<br />

l<strong>on</strong>ger than wide; tarsi and metasternum similar; body beneath<br />

black, <strong>the</strong> abdomen red. Length (9 ) 47-O mm.; width iS.o mm.;<br />

length and width of prothorax 6.7X12.5 mm. Indiana.<br />

bicolor n. sp.<br />

13 Species of <strong>the</strong> Atlantic regi<strong>on</strong>s. Body rulo-piceous in color, shining,<br />

<strong>the</strong> prothorax sparsely punctulate, transverse though less so than<br />

in pocularis, scarcely more than twice as wide as l<strong>on</strong>g, str<strong>on</strong>gly<br />

bisinuate at base, <strong>the</strong> lateral teeth ra<strong>the</strong>r prominent, <strong>the</strong> posterior<br />

angles right; elytra wider than <strong>the</strong> prothorax, coarsely punctate,<br />

<strong>the</strong> raised lines obsolescent; antennae (cf ) slightly shorter than <strong>the</strong><br />

body, stout, imbricate, <strong>the</strong> joints obliquely sinuate, prominent<br />

internally. Length 35.0 mm. Georgia obliquicornis Lee.<br />

Species of <strong>the</strong> S<strong>on</strong>oran and Pacific regi<strong>on</strong>s 14<br />

14 Last antennal joint normal, not at all appendiculate 15<br />

Last antennal joint (cf 1<br />

) extremely l<strong>on</strong>g, slender, sometimes appendiculate<br />

22<br />

15 Apical margin of <strong>the</strong> prothorax transverse, not or scarcely at all<br />

sinuate, <strong>the</strong> finely pointed apical teeth projecting without sensible<br />

obliquity and nearly in line with <strong>the</strong> apical margin; basal angles<br />

prominent and acute, obliquely truncate postero-externally 16<br />

Apical margin broadly but sensibly sinuate, anteriorly prominent at <strong>the</strong><br />

sides and <strong>the</strong>nce posteriorly oblique to <strong>the</strong> apex of <strong>the</strong> anterior<br />

16<br />

teeth<br />

Head and prothorax relatively unusually developed<br />

19<br />

for this group;<br />

body large, ra<strong>the</strong>r stout and c<strong>on</strong>vex, subparallel, <strong>the</strong> sides of <strong>the</strong><br />

elytra c<strong>on</strong>verging slightly behind to <strong>the</strong> ra<strong>the</strong>r broadly rounded<br />

apices; color piceo-castaneous throughout, ra<strong>the</strong>r shining; head<br />

almost half as wide as <strong>the</strong> elytral base, <strong>the</strong> tempora but feebly<br />

c<strong>on</strong>verging behind <strong>the</strong> ra<strong>the</strong>r feebly c<strong>on</strong>vex eyes, which are separated<br />

by three-fourths <strong>the</strong>ir width, large, with very moderate emarginati<strong>on</strong>;<br />

antennae (cf) very stout and imbricate basally, two-thirds<br />

as l<strong>on</strong>g as <strong>the</strong> body, <strong>the</strong> last joint fully as l<strong>on</strong>g as <strong>the</strong> preceding but<br />

narrower, four times as l<strong>on</strong>g as wide, with straight and parallel<br />

sides in apical half, <strong>the</strong> lower side <strong>the</strong>nce oblique and straight to

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