456 Mr. CuRTis's Descriptions of 



*91. LiCHNiA LiMBATA, Ericks. in fViegm. Archiv, vol. i. p, 270. pi. 3. f. 6. 



A female of this insect was also brought from the same country: the re- 

 markable male I obtained from a Brazilian collection. Both the above genera 

 have elongated maxillae, for sucking flowers, like moths. 



Section Meutophili or CETONiADiE. 



*92. Gymnetis GLA17CA, Dej . Gory 8f Perch. Mon. pi. 71. f. 6. 

 Found at Rio Janeiro. 



*93. Gymnetis irregularis, Gory 8f Perch. Mon. p. 354. pi. 71. f. 3. 

 Found at Rio Janeiro. 



*94. Gymnetis margaritacea, Germar, Insect. Spec. p. 132. 

 Found at Rio Janeiro. 



*95. Euphoria (Burm.) lurida, Fabr. Oliv. Entom. vol. i. gen. 6. p. 43. n. 50. 



pi. 9. f. 81. Burmeister, Handbuch der Entomologie, vol. iii. p. 377- 

 St. Paul's and St. Catherine's, abundant. 



Family Lucanid^. 

 *96. Dorcas rufifemoralis, Gu&.} 



Cinereo-niger, capite thoraceque nitidis, elytris densfe profundfeque punctulatis : 



punctis ochreo papillatis, coxis femoribusque rufis. 

 Length of male 10 lines, breadth 3| ; female 7^ long, 3 broad. 



The mandibles of the male are almost as long as the head, with a stout emarginate tooth on 

 the inside ; there is a tubercle before and a more prominent one behind the eyes : the 

 disc of the thorax is very much depressed and strongly punctured, as well as the ex- 

 terior margin : there is a peculiar pearly or bluish bloom upon the thorax, and the 

 singular punctures, each forming a ring round a minute ochreous papilla, give a 

 brownish or dirty colour to the outer margins of the thorax and elytra, which I have 

 not seen in any other species. 



Abundant at Port Famine in January, February and March. 



I gave the name of D. femoralis to this very distinct species many years 

 since, but I understand it has been named as above in the ' Revue Zoologique.' 



