PHAJSLEUS. 65 



$ ?. Laete aurato-cuprea, viridi-relucens ; thorace plagis magnis tribus nigris, medio basi interdum punctis 



minutis duobus. 

 Long. 20-23 millim. 



Eab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Salle, Edge). 

 A fully-developed male is figured. 



28. PhanaBUS pilatei. (Tab. IV. figg. 20, 6 ; 20 a, side view of head and thorax.) 

 Phanceus pilatei, Harold, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 170 \ 



Bob. Mexico, Yucatan (Pilate 1 , coll. Salle). 



A well-developed male is figured. 



29. Phanseus amithaon. 



Phanceus amithaon, Harold, Col. Hefte, xiii. p. 88 \ 



Bab. Mexico, Presidio (Forrer), Guanajuato l , Chiapas (Salle), Guadalajara, Villa 

 Lerdo, Lagos in Aguas Calientes (Edge). 



Von Harold described only the male of this species, which is distinguished from the 

 same sex of P. mexicanus and P. wagneri by the elevated dentiform hind angles of the 

 thoracic discoidal elevation being much more nearly approximated, and at their summit 

 forming (instead of a simple tooth) a ridge extending towards the middle of the thorax. 

 The female, according to an example so labelled in the Salle collection, is readily 

 distinguishable by two large and deep punctiform impressions in the middle of the 

 basal margin. 



30. Phanseus damon. (Tab. IV. figg. 21, <$ ; 21 a, side view of head and thorax.) 

 Phanceus damon, Casteln. Hist. Nat. Ins. Col. ii. p. 81 (1840) J ; Harold, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1863, 



p. 169 2 . 

 Phanceus pegasus, Sturm, Cat. p. 331, t. 1. figg. 8, 9 (1843) 3 . 



Hal. Mexico 1 2 3 , Puebla, Izucar, Juquila, Tehuantepec (Salle), Colima city, Jalapa, 

 Huetamo (Edge) ; Nicaragua, San Lorenzo (Janson). 



Var. Atro-caeruleus vel chalybeus. 



Eab. Guatemala, Tocoy (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson). 

 "We figure a fully-developed typical male from Puebla. 



31. PhanaeilS mirabilis. (Tab. IV. figg. 22, e; 22 a, side view of head and 

 thorax.) 



P. damon affinissimus et similis, sed conspicue differt ; 6 thoracis cornubus retrorsum inclinatis acuminatis, 

 apice convergentibus, antice usque ad apicem scabrosis. Laete viridi-auratus, splendidissimus, cornu frontali 

 et cornubus thoracis, extus, nigris. 



Long. 20 millim. 



biol. cente.-amer., Coleopt., Vol. II. Pt. 2, June 1887. KK 



