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PRIONID^. 



Prionus bifasciatus, Fabr. S. E. ii. 262. 



0/2?;. iv. 32. t. l.f. 3. 

 Pyi-odes bifasciatus, Serv.Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 187- 

 Hab. Brazil (Coll. Bates ; Ent. Club). 



4. Pyrodes pulcherrimus. B.M. 



Prionus pulcherrimus, Perty, Del. An. Art. p. 86. t. 17. f. 4. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



5. Pyrodes fastuosus. 



Pyrodes fastuosus, Erichs. Arch, fur Naturg. 1847, p. 139. 

 Hab. Peru. 



6. Pyrodes Smithianus. B.M. 

 Pyrodes Smithianus, White, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850. 



Hab. Brazil ; Caripi near Para (J. P. George Smith, Esq.). 



7. Pyrodes tenuicornis. B.M. 



Pvrodes tenuicornis, White, Proc. Zool. Soc. Land. 1850, Annul. 



■ 13. f. 5. 

 Hab. Mexico. 



8. Pyrodes pictus. B.M. 

 Prionus pictus, Perty, Del. An. Art. p. 85. t. 17- f- 3. 



Hab. Brazil. 



9. Pyrodes auratus. B.M. 



Cerambyx auratus, L. Syst. Nat. ii. 635. 



Degeer, Mem. v. 101. t. 13. f. 15. 

 Pyrodes columbinus, Dej. Cat. p. 343. 



Giter. Icon. R. A. (texte) p. 214. 

 Hab. Cayenne. 



10. Pyrodes petalocerus, n. s. B.M. 



P. antennarum articulis primo et tertio dilatatis, capite, thorace 

 elytrisque fusco-ferrugineis ; fenioribus violaceo-fuscis ; tibiis 

 tarsisque pallidioribus, corpora thoraceque subtus aenescenti- 

 fuscis. 



Head deeply channeled down the middle, thickly punctured ; 

 antenna^ with the first joint dilated, somewhat bent and thickened 

 at the end ; third joint much dilated and compressed, the eight 

 following joints thin and light brown. Thorax with three de- 

 pressions in the middle placed in a triangle, a deep point in the 

 middle of the hind edge; general surface of thorax punctured. 

 Scutellum cordate, punctured at theeud, smooth and acuminate. 

 Elytra ferruginous, somewhat wrinkled at the base, the general 



