A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF THE GENUS THORACANTHA, LATE. 189 



Thoracantha, Latr. 

 Cuvier's Eegne Anim. ed. 2, v. p. 297. 

 Galearia, Brulle, Spec. Hjm. iv. p. 592. 

 latreillei (type), Guerin, Icon. Eegne Anim. Ins. p. 415, pi. Ixvii. 

 f. 8; Walker, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. xii. 1843, p. 45; 

 vel coleoptcroidesy Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 19(3, 

 pi. xvii. f. 3. 

 violacea, Brulle, Spec. Hym. iv. pi. xxxviii. fig. 6, 6a-h. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



Dilocantha, mihi. 

 Jiavicornis (type). Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. (3), 1862, i. p. 382; 

 Westw., Thes. Ent. p. 153, pi. xxviii. fig. 4, 4«-6. 

 Hab. Villa Nova, Brazil. (Type in B. M.) 



Lasionychus, mihi. 

 Jiahellata (type), Westw., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1835, p. 52. 



acideata, Blanch., Cuv. Eegne Anim. ed. Croch. Ins. p. cxiii. 



f. 8 ; Westw., Thes. Ent. p. 154, pi. xxviii. fig. 9. 

 Hab. Amazons. Brazil. (Type in Mus. Oxon.) 



LiRATA, Cameron. 



Bio. Centr. Amer. Hym. i. p. 102. 



striatissimiis (type), W^alker, Trans. Ent. Soc. (3), 1862, i. p. 380. 



luteogaster, Cam. {flaviventris, Cam. err. I. c), Bio. Centr. Amer. 



Hym. i. p. 102, pi. v. figs. 16, 16 a. 



Hab. Panama. 



Kapala, Cameron. 

 Bio. Centr. Amer. Hym. i. p. 102. 

 Chiroceriis, Brulle (nee Latr.), Ins. Hym. iv. p. 571. 

 furcata (type), S. Fabr., Syst. Piez. p. 158; Haliday, Ent. i. 

 pi. P, figs. 22a-c; Cameron, Bio. Centr. Amer. Hym. i. 

 p. 103, pi. V, figs. 17, lla-d. 

 Hab. South and Central America. 



L^TOCANTHA, mihi. 

 nasua (type). Walker, List Hym. in B. M. i. 1846, p. 88. 

 Hab. Brazil. (Type in B. M.) 



AcROSTELA, mihi. 



ajDta (type). Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. (3), 1862, i. p. 384; West- 

 wood, Thes. Ent. p. 153, pi. xxviii. f. 3. 

 Hab. Sahtarem, Villa Nova. (Types in B. M. and Mus. Oxon.) 



Thoracantha pallescens, Walker (Trans. Ent. Soc. (3), 1862, i. 

 p. 379), and T. surgens, Walker (Lc. p.-384), will have to be 

 referred to Lirata, Cameron. 



