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ME. W. F. KIRBY ON GENERA AND SPECIES OF 
11. Lophyrocera, Cameron , 
Biol. Centr.-Amer ., Hym. p. 103 (1884). 
Types, Lopiiyrocera stramineipes and L. nigrohaculata, 
Cam. 
(1) Lopiiyrocera stramineipes, Cam. 1. c. pi. v. figs. 18, 18 a 
(1884). 
Hab. Panama. 
(2) Lopiiyrocera nigromaculata, Cam. 1. c. p. 104, pi. v. figs. 
19, 19 «, b (1884). 
Sab. Nicaragua. 
12. Kapala, Cameron , 
Biol. Centr.-Amer ., Sym. p. 102 (1884). 
Chirocerus, Brulle (nee Latr.), Ins. Sym. iv. p. 571 (1846). 
Type, Eucharis furcata, Fair. 
Eucliaris furcata and E. flabellata, Fabr. Syst. Fiez. p. 158 
(1804). 
Thoracantha furcata, Saliday, Entomol. i. pi. P. figs. 2, 2 a-c 
(1842). 
Kapala furcata, Cam. 1. c. p. 103, pi. y. figs. 17, 17 a-cl (1884). 
Sab. South and Central America. 
There are several species of this genus, from different parts of 
South America, in the British Museum. Chirocerus furcatus, 
Brulle (Ins. Hym. pi. xxxviii. figs. 5, 5 a , b, 1846), seems to me 
to agree better with Thoracantha atrata, Walk. (Trans. Ent. Soc. 
(3) i. p. 383, 1862), than with the Eabrician species. 
13. Thoracantha, Latr., 
Cuv. Beyne Anim. ed. 2, v. p.297 (1829). 
Galearia, Brulle, Spec. Sym. iv. p. 572 (1846). 
Type, Thoracantha Latreillii, Guer. 
Thoracantha Latreillii, Guer. Icon. Blgne Anim., Ins. p. 415, 
pi. lxvii. fig. S (1829-44). 
Thoracantha Latreillii vel coleopteroides, Waterh. Trans. Ent. 
Soc. ii. p. 196, pi. xvii. fig. 3 (1839). 
Galearia violacea, Brulle, l. c. pi. xxxviii. figs. 6, 6 a, b (1S46). 
Sab. Brazil. 
Although Latreille specified no type, yet bis description clearly 
indicates this genus ; moreover, T. Latreillii was figured and de- 
scribed as a Thoracantha before any other species to which the 
generic name could ajiply. 
