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Spec. 1 1 . Cheirotonus MacLeaii. 



Long. lin. 23. Lat. lin. 13. 



iEneo-viridis ; thorace lateribus extern^ serrulatis et vai-ioloso-punctatis, sulco 

 longitudinali in medio dorso fortiter impresso, elytris nigro-eeneis macuiis 

 croceis insignitis, raarginibus extei-n^ elevatis. Tab. XL. fig. 3. 



Corpus infr^ pills longis obsitum, femoribus medio viridibus et glabris tibiis- 

 que vald^ armatis. 



The magnificent insect just described is named in honour of William Sharp 

 MacLeay, Esq., author of Horce Entomologicce ; and I have much pleasure in 

 dedicating it to one who has so ably treated of the geography, manners and 

 natural affinities of the insects which compose the Ijnnean genus Scarabceus. 



Eucheirid^, mihi. 



The above family, according to my views, consists of the following ge- 

 nera : — 



The above three genera are all that are known at present ; they are inha- 

 bitants of the Old World, and I do not know any from the New World corre- 

 sponding with them, although an anonymous author, who has published an 

 account of Venezuela, asserts that the longimanus of Fabricius is found in 

 the last-mentioned locality ; but from the description of the species, which is 

 concisely given by the author, it is evident some other insect than longi- 

 manus, Fab. is alluded to, and I think it not improbable, therefore, that 

 one of the Golofa or Sawyer Beetles, which abound in Venezuela, has been 

 mistaken for the Fabrician insect. To the first of the above-mentioned genera 

 the name of Macropus has been attributed, but as that term was previously 

 used in other branches of zoology, and is still applied to the Kanguroo Beetle 

 described by Dr. Shaw, Mr. Kirby has very properly substituted the name of 

 Eucheirus. 



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