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1. Ph.edinus tricolor. 



Phffidinus tricolor, Dupont, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 39. 



Dupont, Mag. de Zool. 1836, pi. 149. 

 Hab. Cayenne. 



2. Ph^dinus pictus, n. s. B.M. 



P. niger, thorace fascia lata transversa miniacea ; elytris pallide 

 flavis, subpunctatis, basi fascia angusta nigra, humeris sinuata, 

 plagis duabus nigris subapicalibus, ad suturam postice approxi- 

 matis. 



Head and antennae black. Thorax in front and behind black ; 

 a widish vermilion-coloured band extends across it from spine 

 to spine ; the thorax is as wide as the elytra ; on each side near 

 the front margin there is a tubercle, and on the back are two 

 tubercles placed transversely, the thorax in front of them being 

 somewhat grooved ; behind these two- tubercles is a transverse 

 ridge, the sides of it rather abrupt. Scutellum black, smooth, 

 pointed, grooved at the base. Elytra pale yellow with two pa- 

 rallel nervures down the middle ; the base in the middle some- 

 what produced, and narrowly margined with a black band, which 

 is sinuated on each shoulder ; the apex of each elytron has three 

 points, one on the suture, another close to it, and a third near 

 the outer margin ; near the tip of each is a large oval black mark, 

 running behind into the suture. Under side black, the meta- 

 thorax pubescent ; the segments of the abdomen with scattered 

 hairs. Legs black, tibia? compressed, not dilated, rather hairy ; 

 femora, especially of hind legs, above and below, margined with 

 hairs. 



Length llf lines. 

 Hab. Venezuela (Coll. Dyson). 



3. Ph^dinus microthorax. 



Trachyderes microthorax, Perty, Del. t. 1.7. f. 11. 

 Pheedinus microthorax, Dupont, Mag. de Zool. 1840, pi. 32. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



4. Ph^edinus Martii. B.M. 



Prionus Martii, Perty, Del. An. Art. p. 86. t. VJ. f. 6. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



5. PhjEdinus lanio. 



Pheedinus lanio, Guer. Rev. Zool. Cuv. 1838, p. 287. 



Dupont, Mag. de Zool. 1840, pi. 30. 

 Hab. Guiana. 



