318 OBSERVATIONS ON THE 



Sp. 11. Chorinceus. According to OXWier, the Sc. Jason 

 of Fabricius, is the same insect as Sc. Chorinwus. 



Sp. 13. Phorbanta. This insect is only a variety o{ Xylo- 

 trupes Gideon: the locaUty of Senegal ought to be changed to 

 that of the East Indies. 



Sp. 15. Chiron. Now a Chalcosoma, Hope. Olivier does not 

 mention where this insect was taken; all the known species 

 belonging to the above genus are from the East Indies. 

 M. De Haan, of Leyden, considers it as the female of Atlas, Fab. 



Sp. 16. Mela. This insect was originally described from 

 Francillon's cabinet. It is reported to be found in the Brazils. 

 In my late Manual, I attributed it to the genus Megaceras of 

 Kirby, with a doubt attached to it : from an examination of the 

 trophi, which differ from the genus Megaceras, I constitute 

 this species as the type of an allied genus. 



Sp. 17. Dichotomus. This magnificent insect, for a long 

 time, in England, was considered exceedingly rare ; of late, 

 several have been imported from the East; it occurs in Java, 

 Japan, at Singapore, and other parts of India. 



Sp. 18. Clamger. Now of the genus Go/o/>/«a, Hope. In 

 the first part of the second volume of the Entomological 

 Transactions, will be found the characters detailed, as well as 

 an enumeration of the species belonging thereto. 



Sp. 21. Endimion. Now the type of Mr. Kirby's genus 

 Dicastes. This insect is probably a Brazilian species, and was 

 originally described from Mr. Marsham's cabinet. The bulk 

 of the exotic Coleoptera of that collection passed, at the sale, 

 into the hands of Messrs. Kirby, MacLeay, and Haworth. 

 Some few lots are incorporated among my insects. 



Sp. 22. Alceus. Evidently of the genus Strategus, Kirby. 

 The female of this insect (according to Olivier) was described 

 by Fabricius, under the name of Sc. Validus. 



Sp. 23. Antceus. Olivier mentions that this insect was 

 described by him from the "cabinet de M. le Vaillant." Is 

 this collection still to be met with in Paris ? 



Sp. 26. jEgeon. Olivier gives the East Indies as the 

 country of this insect ; it is, however, a form peculiar to the 

 new world. M. Latreille, in Humboldt and Bonpland's 

 voyage, states that it is found at Chiloe, near Quito, " sur des 

 bouses de vache," which substantiates my opinion expressed 

 in the late Manual. 



