Plate [XXXI]. fig. 5.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Longicornes. Family: Cerambycidæ, Leach.
Genus. Cerambyx, Linn. Drury. (Subgenus: Rosalia, Serville.)
Cerambyx (Rosalia) Alpina. Subcœrulescens, elytris fasciâ mediâ maculisque quatuor atris. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Cerambyx alpinus, Linn. Fn. Su. 654. Syst. N. 1. 2. p. 628. 35. Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. 2. 272. 30. Panzer F. I. G. 2. 22. Serville Ann. Soc. Ent. de France, 2. 561. (Rosalia a.)
Habitat: Hungary (Drury). The mountainous districts of Continental Europe.
General colour beautiful blueish grey, partaking much of a lead colour. Head grey. Eyes black. Antennæ longer than the insect, grey; the ends of the first four joints having tufts of black hair surrounding them. Thorax grey and cylindrical, with a small black spot at the top; the sides having a short spine, and a little swelling beneath it. Scutellum small and triangular. Elytra grey and margined, with three beautiful black spots, like velvet, on each; the middle one being largest, and crossing the wing cases entirely, the smaller one being placed near the anus. Legs blueish grey, but at the tips of the femora and tibiæ black. Tarsi ash grey at top, underneath brown.
PLATE XXXII.
