100 THE REV. F. W. HOPE’S CHARACTERS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF 
Corpus supra zratum, viridi tinctum. Thorax confertissimé punctatus. Elytra 
linea longitudinali impressa vix distincta, punctatissima, sutura marginibusque 
virescentibus. Corpus infra cupreo-brunneum. Tibie antice 2-spinose. Tarsi 
subtus flavo-pubescentes. 
This species of Lucanus is remarkable for its metallic colour, quadrate head, ciliated 
tarsi, and semicircular mentum. In other respects it may be arranged under the genus 
Dorcas, MacLeay. 
Genus Puoxipotus, MacLeay. 
PHOLIDOTUS IRRORATUS. 
Tab. XIV. Fig. 3. 
Phol. ater ; thorace albo irrorato ; elytris lined elevatd instructis alboque variegatis. (2) 
Long. corporis 54 lin. ; lat. 2. 
Hab. in Brasilia, apud Rio Janeiro. 
Mus. Hope. 
Descr. Caput transverso-quadratum. Antenne picee. Mandibule |-dentate, nigre. 
Thorax lineis duabus elevatis mediis anticé conjunctis nigris, granulisque albis 
notatus. Hlytra nigra, linea elevataé nigra ante apicem terminata, angulis anticis 
posticisque albo granulatis, granulisque aliquot albis per discum totum sparsis. 
Corpus infra nigrum, punctatum. Tibie antic multi-dentate ; intermediz 3-spi- 
nos, dente medio majore, reliquis vix distinctis; posticee 2-dentate. Ungues sim- 
plices. 
Mas adhuc latet. 
This insect is certainly referrible to Pholidotus, which genus may be divided into two 
sections, depending on the form of the head in the female, and on that of the thorav. 
The distinction may be thus expressed : 
* @ Capite trigono ; thorace orbiculari. 
** @ Capite transverso-quadrato ; thorace transverso. 
Sectio. HETEROMERA, Lat. 
Fam. ANTHICIDE. 
Genus. Antuicus, Fub. 
ANTHICUS CYANEUS. 
Tab. XIV. Fig. 4. 
Anth. cyaneus ; capite nigro ; antennis pedibusque atris. 
