60 LAMELLICOENIA. 



San Miguelito (Br. Palmer), Northern Sonora (Morrison), Milpas, Ciudad in Durango 

 (Forrer), Puebla, Guanajuato, Izucar (Salle), Mexico city (Flohr). 



We figure a fully-developed typical male, and also a female of a variety from 

 Chihuahua, the latter being a local form peculiar to Northern Mexico. 



14. Phanaeus SCUtifer. (Tab. IV. figg. 7, S; 'la, side view of head and 

 thorax.) 



S major. Lsete viridi-seneus, politus ; clypeo margine, cornu, pedibus anticis, tibiis tarsisque posticis medioque 

 ventris, nigris ; cornu capitis sicut in P. melampo et afflnibus, maxime elongato et curvato sed basi perparum 

 nee angulatim dilatato ; thorace lateribus crebre minute granulatis, disco late triangulari deplanato, grosse 

 baud dense vermiculato-granulato, medio basi lasviore sed ibi baud distincte planato, nee bipunctato, 

 angulis posticis acute reflexis ; elytris striis griseo-opacis sat impressis, obsolete punctulatis, interstitiis 

 parum convexis, bic illic transversim rugatis ; pygidio punctulato. 



2 ignota. 



Long. 23 millim. 



Hob. Mexico, Misantla (Hoge). 



Comes nearest to P. amethystinus, from which it differs in the frontal horn being less 

 dilated at the base, and in the base of the thorax having no distinctly limited polished 

 plate. 



There were two examples in Herr Hoge's collection, one labelled "Misantla" and 

 the other " Oaxaca." As a large part of his collection was labelled wrongly " Oaxaca," 

 and the Misantla specimen bears a special numbered ticket, I think it safe to conclude 

 that the latter is the correct locality of the species. 



15. Phanaeus hermes. (Tab. IV. figg. 8, e; 8a, side view of head and 

 thorax.) 



Phanceus hermes, Harold, Col. Hefte, iv. p. 82 (1868) \ 



Phanaus chalcomelas, (Perty) var., Harold, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1859, p. 198 2 . 



Hah. Panama, Bugaba, David, Tole (Champion), Panama city (J. J. Walker). — 

 Colombia \ Bogota 2 . Found abundantly in dung, on open savannas (Champion). 



The great majority of the specimens are, as described by Von Harold, " subopacus, 

 olivaceo-cupreus ; " but a few present a brassy-green, and others a somewhat shining 

 golden-coppery thorax ; and others, again, are wholly golden-coppery, slightly shining. 

 The females have often a dull black thorax, with a dorsal line and margins coppery, or 

 the thorax is coppery, irregularly clouded with black. 



The male developments are finely graduated and easily recognizable except the 



lowest :— 



<J effoeminatus. Parvus (13 millim.). In loco cornu capitis carina arcuatim elevata. Tborax fere sequaliter 

 convexus, disco antico parum deplanato et interdum carina utrinque obtusissima marginato. 



An example from David is figured. 



