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PLATE XCIV.

FIG. I.

RHAGIUM B I F AS CIATU M.

CoLEOPTERA.

Rhagium*.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Torax spinet!. Shells olive brown, with three longitudinal stripes,ar *d two yellow spots on each. H

Feb. Spec. Ins. r. 230. 4.

Sulz. Hist. Inf. Tab. 5. Fig. 8.

th^' nnæUS never ( kl cr 'l ,e d this Infect, or he would have placed it inj. e Cerambyx genus. Fabricius has described it in his Species In-^ 0 rum under the specific name his asci at um ; but he has separated itth** 11 ^ innæan g eIiuS ) a °d given it the new generic title Rhagium:

e Trambyx Inquisitor, C. Cursor and C. Noctis of Linnæus , our? species, and R. Ornatum, are the only Insects Fabricius hasn< du<Jed in the new genus Rhagium.

Tie Rhagium Bifasciatuin is rare in this country} it is more fre-»CIlt in Franee and Germany . It is generally found in putrid fleflr.

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