^EOLUS. 363 



belongs to Candeze's first section of the genus ; it should be placed near JE. intricatus, 

 Cand., from Brazil. 



7. iEolllS tripartitus. (Tab. XVI. figg. 4, tf ; 4 a, antenna.) 



Moderately elongate, rather convex, shining, finely pubescent, with widely scattered intermixed fine erect 

 hairs ; bright ferrugineo-testaceous, the scutellum black, the elytra with three transverse black fasciae — 

 one at the base, one slightly before the middle, and one near the apex, the first and second connected 

 along the suture, the third interrupted at the suture. Head sparsely, finely punctate, the frontal 

 carina rounded and moderately prominent ; antennas in the male very elongate, extending to the basal 

 third of the elytra, shorter in the female, joints 2 and 3 very short, equal, 4 in the male four times as 

 long as 3 and very much longer than 5. Prothorax about as long as broad, narrowed in front, the sides 

 rounded anteriorly and feebly sinuate behind ; the hind angles greatly produced, acute, slightly divergent, 

 finely carinate at the sides above, and with a short oblique ridge extending from the apex inwards, the 

 supra-marginal carina extending forwards to about the middle of the prothorax and connected with the 

 marginal one at the tip ; the surface sparsely, minutely punctate. Elytra twice the length of the 

 prothorax, gradually narrowing from the base, conjointly rounded at the apex ; finely and lightly punctate- 

 striate, the punctures distinct ; the interstices feebly convex and sparsely punctured. 



Length 5|-5|, breadth 1=§ millim. ( tf $ .) 



Hob. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 



Three males and one female. Closely allied to 2E. trifasciatus, Steinh., from 

 Colombia, the types of which have been communicated by M. Rene Oberthiir, but 

 considerably smaller, the punctuation of the head, thorax, and elytral interstices much 

 finer and sparser, the third fascia of the elytra interrupted at the suture, broader, and 

 placed nearer the apex. 



8. 2Eolus vulneratus. 



Munocrepidius vulneratus, Cand. Elat. Nouv. iii. p. 48 l . 



" Niger, nitidus, breviter griseo-pubescens ; antennis rufis, articulis 2 et 3 minutis ; prothorace latitudini 

 longitudine sequali, apice angustato, punctato, subsulcato, augulis posticis validis, longe carinatis, rufis ; 

 elytris fortiter punctato-striatis, postice rufo utrinque bimaculatis ; subtus pedibusque rufescentibus. — 

 Long. 9, lat. 2£ millim." 



Hob. Mexico l . 



We have not received a specimen of this species, the type of which has been kindly 

 communicated by Dr. Candeze. The penultimate joint of the tarsi is rather feebly 

 excavate above, and the insect seems to me to be better placed in JEolus. It 

 approaches JE. cruciger, Steinh., but differs from it in having the thoracic carina not 

 abbreviated behind. 



9. .Solus fumatus. 



Elongate, narrow, moderately convex, shining, finely pubescent ; piceous or black, the anterior and hind angles 

 of the prothorax, and the antennae, testaceous, the legs flavous, the epipleuree reddish-brown. Head 

 convex, thickly punctured, with a short smooth carina on the vertex ; the frontal carina moderately 

 prominent ; antennae rather short, joints 2 and 3 short, equal in length, the two together not longer 

 than 4. Prothorax as long as broad, narrowed in front, the sides rounded anteriorly and feebly sinuate 



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