Archive image from page 559 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 548 INSECTA. the former, from South America, having the body shorter, broader, and depressed, with the thorax transverse, the abdomen 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 species. One (L. adilis, Fabr.) is remarkable for the male antennae being more than four times the length of the body. Others of a
Archive image from page 559 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 548 INSECTA. the former, from South America, having the body shorter, broader, and depressed, with the thorax transverse, the abdomen 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 species. One (L. adilis, Fabr.) is remarkable for the male antennae being more than four times the length of the body. Others of a similar form, with the antennae bearded or fasciculated, form the subgenus Pogonocherus, of which there are several British species, nearly all of which are remarkable for having the elytra obliquely truncate at the tips. Tetraopes, is but slightly elongate, and has each eye entirely divided into two parts by the tubercle, from whence arises the antennae. Monochamus, Dej., has the body narrow and long, the antennae exceed- ingly long, a strong spine on each side of the thorax, middle tibiae slightly Fig. 82.—Acanthocinus speculifer. bent. In Dejean's catalogue, if we except the apterous species, the other Lamia; of Fabricias are retained under the generic name Lamia, but Dahl has separated C. curculionoidcs and nebulosa, (French species), under the name of Mesosa, which is nearer to Saperda, in having the thorax not spined at the sides. Lamia textor, [a very rare British species], an inch long, and of a dull black colour, conducts to— Dorcadion, Dalm., composed of the species which have no wings, a group peculiar to Europe and the adjacent parts of Asia, and of which the larva probably feeds upon the roots of vegetables. Parmena, Megerle, has been separated from the last from having the antennae longer than the body. The other Lamiaria; have the thorax not armed at the sides with tubercles or spines, but cylindrical, the body always elongated, and nearly linear in many s
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