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any other male or any other female form, induces me to think 

 that I am right in classing them together. 



Phan^eus, M'Leay. 



1. Ph. velutinus, Murr. 



Mas. — Niger, opacus, sericeo-opalino-velutinus ; thoracis la- 

 teribus, pygidio et femoribus subtus, rubro-cupreis ; elytris 

 leviter striatis ; subtus minus opacus. Long. 8 lin., lat 5J- 

 lin. 



Male. — Deep black, opaque, with silky velvety opaline re- 

 flexions. Head with a nearly straight horn, very slightly 

 bent back, scarcely longer than height of thorax ; front and 

 sides of head transversely strigosely granulated. Thorax ex- 

 cavated in front, and with two tubercules in the middle, pro- 

 jecting over the hollow, much broader and deeper in front 

 than behind, the anterior angles projecting a little, and slightly 

 reflexed ; a narrow irregular space along the margins, of a 

 rich dull red metallic copper colour, which also extends over 

 the reflexed margin at the side of the posterior angles of thorax. 

 There are two shallow depressions at the base of the thorax 

 in front of the scutellar space. No scutellum. Elytra con- 

 tracted at the base, margined with a raised line and reflexed 

 margin, faintly striated ; the strise dull and impunctate, and 

 each ending in a fovea at the base. Pygidium very faintly 

 and sparingly punctate, opaque, of the same rich dull red 

 metallic copper colour as the margin of the thorax ; as also 

 are the under sides of the thighs. Under side less opaque than 

 upper ; mesosternum not produced, nearly diamond shaped ; 

 anterior point of it a little pinched in, and with a slight de- 

 pression behind it ; anterior tibiae, with two teeth and a sinua- 

 tion, besides the terminal tooth. 



One of the smallest species of Phanaius. A single male 

 specimen is all that I have seen. 



Chlorota, Burm. 



1. Ch. lineata, Murr. 



Statura Euchlorm viridis, sed magis elongata et postice 

 latior ; nitens, viridis, levissime punctata ; elytris viridibus 

 cum tinctura testacea translucenti disposita in vittis ; meso- 



