PRIONID^. 23 



5. AXACOLUS SCAPULARIS. 



Anacolus scapularis, Dej. Cat. 344. 



Buquet, Rev. Zool. Cm. 1840, 255. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



6. Anacolus bimaculatus. 



Anacolus bimaculatus, Menetries, Mem. Acad. Imp. Sc. St. Petersb. 



1840, 6 ser. Sc. Nat. iii. 286. t. f. 1. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



7. Anacolus lugubris. B.M. 



Prionus lugubris, St. Farg. 8f Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 200. 

 Anacolus lugubris, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 200. 



G. R. Gray, Griff. A. K. Ins. ii. pi. 65. f. 4. 



Menetries, Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 1840, 6 ser. Sc. IVa^. iii. 

 t. f.2. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



8. Anacolus Menetriesii. B.M. 



Anacolus Menetriesii, Buq. Rev. Zool. Cuv. 1840, 254. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



9. Anacolus pygm^us. 



Anacolus pygmaeus, Buq. Reo. Zool. Cuv. 1840. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



10. Anacolus variabilis, n. s. B.M. 



A. (quadrupes) nigerrimus, thorace et pectore pilis umbrinis tectis; 

 peclibus quatuor anticis flavis, posticis nigris. 



Head all black, grooved down the middle, more or less thickly 

 covered, especially in front, with umber hairs. Thorax somewhat 

 ii-regular above, punctured, and thickly covered above and be- 

 neath with umber hairs, which gives it a woolly appearance. 

 Elytra very deep black and thickly punctm'ed. Two front pairs 

 of legs yellow, the hairs on them yellow, tarsi brownish. Hind 

 pair of legs black, with a greenish blue hue. 



A variety has a yellow patch on the back of the head ; the 

 thorax on the upper side yellowish orange, with a large black 

 patch on the middle, the base, outer margin and suture yellowish 

 orange ; the palpi are yellow. 



Hab. Venezuela (Coll. Dyson). 



