Liniueun Society. 387 



This insect Mr. Westwood thinks to be probably the female of 

 A. t uber culatus. 



6. Athyreus bellator; piceo-niger, capite et pronoto (marginibus ex- 

 ceptis) sublsevibus hujus marginibus lateralibus pedibusque rufis vel 

 f'ulvis, clypeo in denlem acutum elongato, pronoto dente elevato bifido 

 pone medium avniato. — Long. corp. lin. 10£. 



Athyreus bifurcatus, Laporte, An. Art. iii. p. 102. pi. 7. f. 3. (nee A. bi- 



furcatus, Klug, nee A. bifurcatus, MacL.) 

 Athyreus furcifer, Dej. Cat. et Laporte, An. Art. 1. c. (teste Mas. Gory.) 

 Hab. in Brasilia et Cayenna. In Mus. D. Hope. 



The present species stands in Mr. Hope's collection as the male 

 of A. Briber gii. 



7. Athyreus Bilbergii, Gray in Griffith An. Kingd. ; piceo-niger, tu- 

 berculis minutis scaber, clypei margine antico recto postico carinato 

 et 3-tuberculato tuberculo intermedio magis elevato, angulis laterali- 

 bus capitis ante oculos acutis, pronoto margine antico parum elevato ; 

 disco tuberculis duobus laevibus lineisque duabus curvatis elevatis. — 

 Long. corp. lin. 10. 



Athyreus furcicollis, Dej. (teste Mus. Gory, nunc Hope.) 

 Hab. in Demerara et Cayenna. In Mus. D. Hope. 



8. Athyreus Pholas, Buquet MS.; piceo-castaneus, lateribus protho- 

 racis et elytrorum pedibusque rufescentibus, scabriusculus, clypeo an- 

 tice angustato margine antico bituberculato, vertice concavo, protbo- 

 racis lateribus dilatatis disco excavatione subquadrata. spina, erecta 

 antica. lateribusque acute tuberculatis — Long. corp. lin. 6. 



Athyreus trituberculatus, Gory in Mus. 



Hab. in Colombia, Santa Fe de Bogota. In Mus. Hope. 



Obs. Athyreus recticornis, Guerin, Iconogr. du Regne An. Ins. p. 83, 

 from Swan River (Mus. Gory) = Bolboceras hastifer, Bainbridge. 



The insect placed in M. Gory's collection, with the label of 

 Athyreus porcatus, De Laporte, Anim. Artie, t. ii. p. 103. no. 6, 

 Athyreus Senegalensis, Dejean, is a new species of Bolboceras, from 

 Senegal. 



9. Athyreus purpureipennis ; cyaneo-niger subtiis fulvo-testaceus, ely- 

 tris laete purpureis, pronoto linea longitudinali impressa utrinque spa- 

 tio convexo lsevissimo nigro versus angulos anticos furcato.- — Long, 

 corp. lin. 6. 



Hab. in America meridionali. In Musseo Britannico. 



10. Athyreus centralis; testaceo-fulvus, capitis vertice antice 3- 

 dentato, pronoto carina abbreviata centrali lineis duabus parum ele- 

 vatis obliquis alteraque utrinque prope angulos posticos, elytris im- 

 presso-striatis striis longe ante apicem evanescentibus. — Long. corp. 

 lin. 6i. 



Hab. in Nova Grenada, Rio Magdalena, Ibaque. In Musaso Britannico. 



11. Athyreus Tweedyanus ; testaceus, pronoto maximo lateribus obtuse 

 angulatis et sinuatis medio disci depresso lsevi et linea obliqua parum 

 curvata. e lateribus separato lineaque altera abbreviata utrinque ver- 

 sus angulos posticos. — Long. corp. lin. 5f. 



Hab. in Insula Hayti, India? occidentalis. DD. Tweedy et Hearne. In 

 Muss. Soc. Ent. Londin. et Hope. 



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