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ON COLEOPTERA FROM BRITISH GUIANA. [Juiie 7, 



3. List of a small Collection of Coleoptera obtained by Mr, 

 W. L. Sclater in British Guiana. By Martin Jacoby. 

 With the Description of a new Species by H. W. Bates^ 

 F.R.S. 



[Received May 9, 1887.] 



Mr. Sclater's collection, made principally at Maccasseema on the 

 Pomeroon River, contains examples of the following species : — 



1. Theropsophus complanatus, F. 



2. Tetracha violauea, var., Heiche. 



3. Rhjnchophorus palmarum, L. 



4. Rhina barbicornis, F. 



5. Coelosis biloba, F. 



6. Strategus aleeus, L. 



7. Phileurus didymus, L. 



8. Phileurus depressus, F. 



9. Phileurus sclateri, sp. nov. 



10. Veturius platyrhinus, Hope. 



11. Stenocrates laborator, F. 



12. Zophobas morio, F. 



13. Nytobfetes variolosa, F. 



14. Megaderus stigma. 



15. Logocheirus araneiformis. 



16. Chlorida festiva, L. 



17. Orthomegas cinnamomeus, Oliv. 



18. EuiDolpus surinameusis. 



The foUowino; description of the new Phileurus has been drawn 

 up by Mr. H. W. Bates, F.R.S. :— 



Phileurus sclateri, sp. nov. 



Oblongus, subdepressus, nigro-nitidus ; elytris minute seriato-punc- 

 tatis nee striatis, interstitiis subtilissime alutaceis et granulatis. 

 Long. 23 millim. 

 Distingnished from all other described species by the fine sculpture 



'Phileurus sclateri. 



and subopaque surface of the elytra. It belongs to Burmeister's 

 Section I A. of the genus, the anterior tibiae having three sharp 



