The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . rionus, where it was at first placed, but to adistinct one belonging to the Lamiariae, namely, Acrocinus, lUig. (Macropiis, Thunb.), distinguished from all other Longicornes by having the thorax furnishedon each side with a moveable tubercle, terminated by a point or by a spine. The body is flattened, the thorax trans-verse, antennae long and slender, the fore-legs longer than the others, and the elytra truncated at the tips andterminated by two spines, the o
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . rionus, where it was at first placed, but to adistinct one belonging to the Lamiariae, namely, Acrocinus, lUig. (Macropiis, Thunb.), distinguished from all other Longicornes by having the thorax furnishedon each side with a moveable tubercle, terminated by a point or by a spine. The body is flattened, the thorax trans-verse, antennae long and slender, the fore-legs longer than the others, and the elytra truncated at the tips andterminated by two spines, the outer one being the longest; the most remarkable species is the A. longimamis, inwhich the thighs and tibiae of the fore-legs are very long and slender; the upper side of the body is agreeably diver-sified with grey, red, and black colours. All the other Lamiariae compose but a single genus,— Lamia,—Which we divide into two sections,—those with the sides of the thorax tubercular or spinod, and those in whicliit is entire and cylindric. The first is again divided into those with and those without wings. A great number of N N 2. 548 INSECTA. the former, from Soiitli America, having the body shorter, broader, and depressed, with the thorax transverse, theabdomen nearly square, scarcely longer than broad, the feet robust, and the tarsi much dilated, form the genus— Acanthocinus, Megerle, of which we possess only three European (L. adilis, Fabr.) is remarkable for the male antenna being more thanfour times the length of the body. Others of a similar form, with the antennae bearded or fasciculated, formthe subgenus Pogonocherus, of which there are several British species,nearly all of which are remarkable for having the elytra obliquely truncateat the tips. Tetraopes, is but slightly elongate, and has each eye entirely divided intotwo parts by the tubercle, from whence arises the antenna. Monochainus, Dej., has the body narrow and long, the antennae exceed-ingly lo
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