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L AMI A V E R M I C U L A R I A .
G E N E R IC C H A R A C T ER ,
Antennas fetaceous, and elongated: head large, obtufe, declining: eyes reniform, embracing the bafe o f
tlie a n te n n s : thorax cylindrical and uneven: wing-cafes as long as the abdomen: body cylindrical.
S P E C IF IC C H A R A C T E R .
Thorax fomew’h a t tuberculated: b lack : wing-cafes fpeckled with numerous m inute wlrite vermicular
charafters.
L amia V e r m ic u l a r ia : thorace fubtuberculato, nigro, elytris charafteribus vermicularibus minutis
numeroiis albis.
Lamia Vermicularia is a native o f New South Wales, as are likewife all th e other infefts reprefented
with it on the fame plate. T h e fpecimens o f fome o f thofe fpecies are in our own collefttoii; for th e reft
we are indebted to A. MT,eay, Efq. who poffeiTes the whole o f them. N e ith e r o f thofe infefts have
hitherto been defcribed by any author.
L AM I A O B L I Q U A .
S P E C IF IC C H A R A C T E R .
Thorax dentated, cinereous, wing-cafes fpinous, emarginate at the tip, and marked obliquely behind with
a w'hitifti band.
L amia O b l i s u a : thorace dentato, cinerea, elytris fpinolis, apice eraarginatis : fafcia obliqua poftice albida.
P R I O N U S F A S C I A T U S ,
G EN E R IC CHARACTER.
Antennas fetaceous : eyes reniform, embracing th e bafe o f the antenn® : thorax flat, marginate, the margin
oftentimes dentated : body oblong, and deprefled.
S P E C IF IC C H A R A C T E R .
Thorax fomewhat marginaled and unarmed: black, downy, wing cafes chefnut, clouded with yellow,
and rounded a t th e tip, writh four elevated Hues.
P r io n u s F a s c ia t u s : thorace fubniarginato ¡nermi, niger, villofus elytris caftaneis flavo nebulofis apice
ro tu n d a tis : lineis quatuor elevatis.