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11. Brachysphenus jejunus. 



Oblongus, parum ovatus, lueide rufo-testaceus, pernitidus ; antennis (articulis duobus primis exceptis), scutello 

 tarsisque nigris ; prothorace brevi, convexo, lateribus fortiter rotundatis, antice angustatis ; elytris olivaceo- 

 luteis, versus suturam indeterminate rufo-testaceis, fusco punctato-striatis, fere laevibus. Long. 8|-9 

 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Toxpam (SalU). 



Allied to, and about the same size as, B. ictericus, but in that species the thorax is 

 not so short and the scutellum is yellow. Head, thorax, and body beneath of a clear 

 reddish- testaceous colour, and very glabrous and as it were varnished. Antennae short, 

 hardly so long as the head and thorax ; in one specimen the second joint is infuscate. 



Sect. 3. (Habrodactylus.) 



12. Brachysphenus conspicillatus. (Tab. V. fig. 12.) 



Ovatus, antice et postice acuminatus, flavo-testaceus ; antennis (articulis duobus primis exceptis), scutello, tarsia 

 annulisque duobus elytrorum (anteriore obcordato) nigris ; elytris confuse punctato-striatis, interstitiis 

 obsolete punctatis, striis nonnunquam subgemellatis. Long. 8-9 millim. 



Hab. Costa Eica (Van Patten), Cache (Sogers). 



This insect is rather nearly allied to and resembles B. perspicillatus, Lac, from 

 Colombia. B. conspicillatus differs in being rather larger, more acuminate before and 

 behind, and by the curious and generally indistinct rings of the elytra being blacker and 

 larger, and not united (they are often formed by the punctures at that part being black, 

 with a blackish appearance under the surface between them) ; but more especially by the 

 striae not being so regularly and evenly disposed — there is generally a wide space in the 

 middle between the fifth and sixth. The anterior ring has an angular projection just 

 reaching the base of the elytra ; the posterior one is nearly round, almost touching the 

 margin, but it is often open at that part for a short distance. About a dozen examples 

 have been received from Cache. 



Sect. 4. (Iphiclus.) 



13. Brachysphenus sedecim-maculatus. (Tab. V. fig. 13.) 



Erotylus IQ-maculatus, Buquet, Eev. Zool. 1840, p. 173 1 . 



Brachysphcenus 16-maculatus, Lac. Monogr. Erotyl. p. 348 2 ; Crotch, Cist. Ent. i. p. 510*. 



Hab. Panama, David (Champion). — Colombia 123 ; Peru (coll. Got ham). 



Sect. 5. (Moephoides.) 



14. Brachysphenus fulviventris. 



Ovatus, valde convexus ; niger, elytris abdomineque fulvis, illis punctato-striatis. Long. 10 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, San Geronimo and Chiacain in Vera Paz (Champion). 



Allied to and of the same form as B. lacordairii, Crotch (=B. clavicornis,Ija.c.), 

 biol. CENTK.-AMEE., Coleopt., Vol. VII., November 1888. 0* 



