108 LAMELLICORNIA. 



—referred to it by W. Macleay. Ccelodes has not yet been detected in temperate 

 North America, but occurs in temperate South America (in Chili). 



1. Ccelodes castaneus. (Tab. vil. fig. 5, s .) 



Coilodes castaneus, Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iv. p. ] 65 \ 



Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson) ; Costa Kica, Volcan de Irazu (Rogers).— South 

 America, Colombia 1 . 



A male example from Irazu is figured. 



2. Ccelodes (?) ? 



Hab. Guatemala, Zapote (Champion). 



A single very small example ; undeterminable. 



Fam. GEOTRUPmEi. 



ATHYKEUS. 



Athyreus, Macleay, Howe Entom. i. p. 123 (1819) ; King, Abhandl. Akad. Berlin, 1815, p. ,21 ; 

 Westwood, Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. p. 453 (1851). 



About forty species of this distinct and very remarkable genus have been described. 

 It is distributed over the tropical zones of the three great continents, but is much more 

 numerously represented in America than in Asia or Africa, and extends there into 

 the south temperate zone as far as Buenos Ayres. The North-American species referred 

 to it by various authors belong to a different genus, Bradycinetus, Horn. 



These insects are found flying close to the ground amongst low herbage just before 

 dark, and are often attracted to light (Champion). 



1. Athyreus championi. (Tab. VII. figg. 6, 6 ; 6 a, side view of head and 

 thorax.) 



A. bifurcato (Macleay) similis, sed corpore subtus et pedibus (coxis anticis fulvis exceptis) nigris thoraeisque 

 cornu aliter formato. Subcyaneo-niger, tmdique (apud elytra brevius) erecte pilosus ; capite thoraceque 

 medio punctatis, hoc lafceribus totis granulatis ; elytris costulia Igevibus septem, interstitiis triseriatim 

 granulato-punctatis ; corpore subtus fusco-piloso ; antennis nigris, clava piceo-rufa. 



3 . Clypeus medio cornu verticali elongato acuto armatus ; thorax medio dorso convexo et cornu robusto alte 

 erecto, apice tridentato, dente posteriore multo altiore armatus. 



Long. 17 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 feet (Champion). One male example only. 



In the armature of the head and thorax resembling Klug's figure of A. tridens but 

 totally different in colour. The single example seems to be a more highly deve- 

 loped male than the one known to Klug, both the clypeal and thoracic horns being 



