Liiinaan Suciety. 387 



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

 A. tuberculatns. 



6. Atiiyreus bellator; piceo-niger, caplte et pronoto (marginibus ex- 

 ceptis) sublsevibus hujus marginibus Jateralibiis pedibusque rufis vel 

 fiiivis, clypeo in dentem acutiini elongate, pronoto dente elevate bifido 

 pone medium armato. — Long. corp. lin. 10^. 



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



furcatii?, King, nee A. bifurcatus, MacL.) 

 Athyreus furcifer, Dej. Cat. et Laporte, An. Art. I. c. (te.sfe Mas. Gory.) 

 Hub. in Brasilia et Caycnna. In JVIus. D. Hope. 



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

 of A . Bilbergii. 



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

 berculis minutis scaber, clypei margine antico recto postico carinato 

 et 3-tubeix-ulato tuberculo intermedio magis elevato, angulis laterali- 

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

 disco tuberculis duobus laevibus lineisque duabus curvatis elevatis. — 

 Long, coi-p. lin. 10. 



Atiiyreus furcicoliis, Dej. {teste Mus. Gory, nunc Hope.) 

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



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

 racis et elytrorum pedibusque rufescentibus, scabriusculus, clypeo an- 

 tice angustato margine antico bitnberculuto, vertice concavo, protbo- 

 racis lateribus dilatatis disco excavatione subquadrata spina erecta 

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



Athyreus trituberculatus. Gory in Mus. 

 Hah. in Colombia, Santa le de Bogota. In Mus. Hope. 

 Obs. Athyreus recticornis, Guerin, Iconogr. du Kegne .\n. Ins. p. 83, 

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



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

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

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

 SenegaU 



9. Athyreus purpureipennis; cyaneo-niger subtus fulvo-te-taccus, el}'- 

 tris laete purpureis, pronoto linea longitudinali impress^ utvinquc spa- 

 tio convexo lEevi.ssimo nigro versus angulos anticos furcato.. — Long, 

 corp. lin. G. 



Hub. in America meridionali. In Musaeo Britannico. 



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

 dentato, pronoto carina abbreviata centrali lineis duabus parum ele- 

 vatis obliquis alteraquc utrinque prope angulos posticos, eiytris im- 

 ])res30-striatis striis longe ante apicem evanescentibus. — Long. corp. 

 lin. G\. 



Uub. in Nov& Grenada, Rio Magdalena, Ibaque. In Musaeo Britannico. 



11. Athyreus Twr.EDYANus; testaceus, pronoto maximo lateribus obtuse 

 angulatis ct sinuatis medio disci deprcsso liEvi et linea obliqua pariim 

 curvatd e lateribus scparato lineaqne altera abbreviata utrinque ver- 

 sus angulos posticos. — Long. corp. lin. .'>-J. 



Hab. in Insula Hayti, Indine occidentali^. DO. Tweedy et Hearne. In 

 Muss. Soc. Ent. Londin. et Hope. 



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