50 PRIONID.E. 



Prionus bifasciatus, Fabr. S. E. ii. 262. 



Oliv.rr.32. t. 1. f. 3. 

 Pvrodes bifasciatus, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 187. 

 Hab. Brazil (Coll. Bates ; Ent. Club). 



4. Pyrodes pulcherrimus. B.M. 

 Prionus pulcherrimus, Perty, Bel. An. Art. p. 86. t. 17- f. 4. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



5. Pyrodes fastuosus. 



Pvrodes fastuosus, Erichs. Arch, fur Naturg. 1847, p. 139. 

 Hab. Peru. 



6. Pyrodes Smithianus. B.M. 

 Pyrodes Smithianus, White, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850. 



Hab. Brazil; Caripi near Para (J. P. George Smith, Esq.). 



7. Pyrodes tenuicornis. B.M, 

 Pvrodes tenuicornis, White, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1850, Annul. 



'13. f. 5. 

 Hab. Mexico. 



8. Pyrodes pictus. B.M. 

 Prionus pictus, Perty, Del. An. Art. p. 85. t. 17- f. 3. 



Hab. Brazil. 



9. Pyrodes auratus. B.M. 

 Cerambyx auratus, L. Syst. Nat. ii. 635. 



Degeer, Mem. v. 101. t. 13. f. 15. 

 Pvrodes columbinus, Dej. Cat. p. 343. 



Guer. Icon. R. A. (texte) p. 214. 

 Hab. Cayenne. 



10. Pyrodes petalocerus, n. s. B.M. 

 P. antennarum articuiis primo et tertio dilatatis, capite, thorace 



elytrisque fusco-ferrugineis ; femoribus violaceo-fuscis ; tibiis 



tarsisque pallidioribus, corpore thoraceque subtus eenescenti- 



fuscis. 



Head deeply channeled down the middle, thickly punctured ; 

 antennae with the first joint dilated, somewhat bent and thickened 

 at the end ; third joint much dilated and compressed, the eight 

 following joints thin and light brown. Thorax with three de- 

 pressions in the middle placed in a triangle, a deep point in the 

 middle of the hind edge ; general surface of thorax punctured. 

 Scutellum cordate, punctured at the end, smooth and acuminate. 

 Elytra ferruginous, somewhat wrinkled at the base, the general 



