456 Mr. Curtis's Descriptions of 



*91. Lichnia limbata, Erichs. in fViegm. Archiv, vol. i. p. 2/0. 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 Melitophili or Cetoniad^i. 



*92. Gvmnetis glauca, Dej . Gory ty Perch. Mon. pi. 71. f. 6. 

 Found at Rio Janeiro. 



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

 Found at Rio Janeiro. 



*94. Gvmnetis 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 LucanidjE. 



*96. Dorcas rufifemoralis, Gue'r.t 



Cinereo-niger, capite thoraceque nitidis, elytris dense profundeque punctulatis : 



punctis ochreo papillatis, coxis femoribusque runs. 

 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 mside; 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- 

 tenor 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.femoralk to this very distinct species many years 

 since, bat I understand it has been named as above in the ' Revue Zoologiqne.' 



