Lamia (Sternotomis) Pulchra. Nigra, thorace transversé fulvo trifasciato, elytris fulvo maculatis et variegatis, maculis interdum viridi-cinctis. (Long. Corp. fere 1 unc. 3 lin.)

Syn. Cerambyx Pulcher. Drury, App. vol. 2. (nec C. pulcher Fabr. qui ad C. mirabilem Drurii pertinet.)

Lamia blanda, Schonh. Syn. Ins. 3. 373.

Lamia ornata, Pal. Beauv. Ins. d'Afr. et d'Amer. Col. Pl. 37. f. 1.

Lamia regalis, Fabr.? Syst. Eleuth. 2. 286.

Habitat: Jamaica.

Head orange colour, encircled with black stripes. Antennæ black, being a little longer than the insect. Thorax orange-coloured, encircled with black rings; having a single spine on each side. Elytra with orange-coloured clouds and spots on them, separated by black partitions, some being margined with green. Abdomen orange-coloured, the middle being of a dirty green. Femora simple, dark green. Tibiæ the same.

PLATE XXXIII.

CETONIA AURATA, var. γ.