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1. Ph^dinus tricolor. 



Phaedinus tricolor, Dupont, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 39. 



Dupont, Mag. de Zool. 1836, pi. 149. 

 Hab. Cayenne. 



2. Ph^dinus pictus, n. s. B.M. 



P. niger, thorace fascia lata transversa miniacea ; el) tris pallide 

 flavis, subpunctatis, basi fascia angusta nigra, humeris sinnata, 

 plagis duabus nigris subapicalibus, ad suturam postice approxi- 

 matis. 



Head and antenna black. Thorax in front and behind black ; 

 a widish vermilion-coloured band extends across it from spine 

 to spine ; the thorax is as wide as the elytra ; on each side near 

 the front margin there is a tubercle, and on the back are two 

 tubercles placed transversely, the thorax in front of them being 

 somewhat grooved ; behind these two tubercles is a transverse 

 ridge, the sides of it rather abrupt. Scutellum black, smooth, 

 pointed, grooved at the base. Elytra pale yellow with two pa- 

 rallel nervures down the middle ; the base in the middle some- 

 what produced, and narrowly margined with a black band, which 

 is sinuated on each shoulder ; the apex of each elytron has three 

 points, one on the suture, another close to it, and a third near 

 the outer margin ; near the tip of each is a large oval black mark, 

 running behind into the suture. Under side black, the meta- 

 thorax pubescent ; the segments of the abdomen with scattered 

 hairs. Legs black, tibiae compressed, not dilated, rather hairy ; 

 femora, especially of hind legs, above andT)elow, margined with 

 hairs. 



Length 11 f Hnes. 

 Hab. Venezuela (Coll. Dyson). 



3. Phaedinus microthorax. 



Trachyderes microthorax, Perty, Bel. t. 17. f. 11. 



Phsedinus microthorax, Dupont, Mag. de Zool. 1840, pi. 32. , 



Hab. Brazil. 



4. Ph^dinus Martii. B.M. 



Prionus Martii, Perty, Del. An. Art. p. 86. t. 1/. f. 6. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



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5. Ph^dinus lanio. 



Phajdinus lanio, Guei\ Rev. Zool. Cuv. 1838, p. 287. 



Dupont, Mag, de Zool. 1840, pi. 30. 

 Hab. Guiana. 



