LinncEan Society. 387 
This insect Mr. Westwood thinks to be probably the female of 
A. tuberculatus. 
6. Atiiyreus bellator; piceo-niger, capite et pronoto (marginibus ex- 
ceptis) sublaevibus hujus marginibus lateralibus pedibiisque rufis vel 
fulvis, clypeo in dentem acutum elongate, pronoto dente elevate bifido 
pone medium armato. — Long. corp. lin. lOi. 
Athyreus bifurcatus, Laporte, An. Art. hi. p. 102. pi. 7. f. 3. (nec A. bi- 
fureatus, King, nec A. bifurcatus, Mach.') 
Athyreus furcifer, Dej. Cat. et Laporte, An. Art. 1. c. {teste Mus. Gory.) 
Hah. in Brasilia et Cayenna. In Mus. D. Hope. 
The present species stands in Mr. Hope’s collection as the male 
of A. Bilhergii. 
7. Athyreus Bilbergii, Gray in Griffith An. Kingd. ; piceo-niger, tu- 
berculis minutis scaber, clypei margine antico recto postico carinate 
et 3-tuberculato tuberculo intermedio magis elevate, angulis laterali- 
bus capitis ante oculos acutis, pronoto margine antico parurn elevate ; 
disco tuberculis duobus laevibiis lineisque duabus curvatis elevatis. — 
Long. corp. lin. 10. 
Athyreus furcicollis, Dej. {teste Mus. Gory, nunc Hope.) 
Hah. in Demerara et Cayenna. In Mus. D. Hope. 
8. i\.THYREus Pholas, Buquet MS. ', piceo-castaneus, lateribus protho- 
racis et elytrorum pedibusque rufescentibus, scabriusculus, clypeo an- 
tice angustato margine antico bituberculato, vertice concave, protho- 
racis lateribus dilatatis disco excavatione subquadrata spina erecta 
antica lateribusque acute tuberculatis. — Long. corp. lin. 6. 
Athyreus trituberculatus. Gory in Mus. 
Hah. in Colombia, Santa Fe de Bogota. In Mus. Hope. 
Obs. Athyreus recticornis, Guerin, Iconogr. du Regne xAn. Ins. p. 83, 
from Swan River (Mus. Govy) = Bolboceras hastifer, Bainbridge. 
The insect placed in M. Gory’s collection, with the label of 
Athyreus porcatus, De Laporte, Anim. Artie, t. ii. p. 103. no. 6, 
Athyreus Senegalensis, Dejean, is a new species of Bolboceras, from 
Senegal. 
9. Athyreus purpureipennis ; cyaneo-niger subtus fulvo-testaceus, ely- 
tris laete purpureis, pronoto linea longitudinali impressa utrinque spa- 
tio convexo Isevissimo nigro versus angulos anticos furcate.- — Long, 
corp. lin. 6. 
Hah. in America meridionali. In Musaeo Britannico. 
10. Athyreus centralis; testaceo-fulvus, capitis vertice antice 3- 
dentato, pronoto carina abbreviata centrali lineis duabus parurn ele- 
vatis obliquis alteraque utrinque prope angulos posticos, elytris im- 
presso-striatis striis longe ante apicem evanescentibus. — Long. corp. 
lin. 6i. 
Hah. in Nova Grenada, Rio Magdalena, Ibaque. In Musaso Britannico. 
11. Athyreus Tweedyanus ; testaceus, pronoto maximo lateribus obtuse 
angulatis et sinuatis medio disci depresso laevi et linea obliqua parurn 
curvata e lateribus separate lineaque altera abbreviata utrinque ver- 
sus angulos posticos. — Long. corp. lin. 5f. 
Hah. in Insula Hayti, Indiae occidentalis. DD. Tweedy et Hearne. Jn 
Muss. Soc. Ent. Londin. et Hope. 
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