70 l{ev. H. S. ( ioihiiiu's AW^v on tin' 



It i.-< .suqjrising M. C'licvrolat should have referred Thanaswius 

 luarmor'ifns, Kl. {Chivensis, F.) to this genus, to which both it 

 and his Axina refroeinctft [Rev. e.t. Mag. de Zool. 1874 pp. 32, 33.] 

 have merely a superficial, and not a very strong likeness. They 

 have the antennae Avith a lax 3-jointed club, and the labial 

 palpi only securiform. 



Phloeocopus, Guerin. 

 Ti/pe P. tricolor, (luerin. 



Sexual characters are noticea])lc here, the males have the 

 longer apical joint of aiitenua', and fifth abdoiuinal seguient 

 cut out. 



PldoeocoiiK.i Biujmtl, Spin. Mon. I. p. 340; plate 18, f. 3. 

 ap[)ears ill placed in this genus, and would be more naturally 

 referred to ThanHsiiniis. It is unknown to me except from 

 description. 



Opilo, Latreille. 

 Tij)w 0. tiiol/is, L. / 



The distribution of this genus is remarkable, it being found 

 in apparently every part of the world excepting Xorth America, 

 but only representetl in South America by a single Chiliau 

 species, //tn/ffi/mivits ( 'hevr. 



I have seen specimens of the ty])e from the Phili])pines, and 

 Mr. Lewis found it in Japan. 



Opilo apimJi.^ White, Clerida^, p. 19, App. p. 56. (JVofo.ai.s). 

 0. (ij>ir<,lis, Chev., Pev. et Mag. de Zool. 1840 p. 296, 

 pra'usfii.'^ Cli. Kev. et Mag. 1874 p. 285 has the priority. 1 

 would. tlieref<ire, ])ro|tose tlie uaiiie of Whiffi for the foruier. 



Opilo sirie)i.-<is, 11. sp. 



Eufus, subnitidus, tenue pilosus, capite et pectore nigro piceis, 

 elytris piceis vel nigro piceis, macula humerali obliqua, 

 alteraciue apicali, et fascia mediana a sutura interrupta anran- 

 tiacis. LoUL!. liii. 4J, — oJ. 



