102 eeotylim:. 



1. Erotylus leopardus. (Tab. V. figg. 17, 18, 19 ; 20, var.) 



Erotylus leopardus, Lac. Monogr. Erotyl. p. 442 \ 

 Erotylus confluens, Crotch, Cist. Ent. i. p. 531 2 . 



Hab. Mexico 12 , Toxpam, Cordova (Salle), Jalapa (Hoge), Juquila (Boueard), 

 Yucatan l ; Guatemala 2 (SallS), Cubilguitz, Panima, Purula, Senahu, Sinanja, Zapote 

 (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt) ; Costa Rica, Cache (Rogers). 



This species is subject to a good deal of variation, and the markings are seldom 

 symmetrical on the elytra. The numerous examples from different localities now 

 before me show conclusively that E, confluens, Crotch, is only one of the numerous 

 varieties in which the black markings are very much reduced in size. The single 

 specimens from Chontales and from Cache are of a bright orange-yellow with rufous 

 margins and epipleuree, and are very similar to E. nicaraguce. 



The figures 17, 18, and 19 are of varieties of this species from Jalapa; figure 20 is 

 taken from a specimen of the variety E. confluens, Crotch, from Purula in Vera Paz. 



2. Erotylus nicaraguae. (Tab. V. fig. 21.) 



Erotylus Nicaraguce, Crotch, Cist. Ent. i. pp. 148 1 , 532. 



Hab. Nicaragua, Santo Domingo in Chontales (Janson \ Belt). 



" Ovatus, niger, nitidus, thorace punctato, elytris lsete flavis, sat regulariter gemellato-striatis, maculis nigris 

 tessellatis, margine epipleurisque rufis. L. c. 7| lin." 



It seems probable that this is only a local variety of E. leopardus in which the black 

 markings are divided into spots by the geminate strise, so that the interstices between 

 the second and third, and between the fourth and fifth are free from black marks, and 

 the spots are thus clathrate. I see no other difference, as the bright orange colour is 

 repeated in a specimen from Chontales which is certainly E. leopardus. Two examples 

 captured by the late Mr. T. Belt agree with Crotch's type. 



3. Erotylus nigronotatus. (Tab. VI. fig. l, <j .) 



Oblongus, modice convexus, niger, nitidus ; elytris albido-flavis vel pallide ochraeeis, margine reflexo, 

 epipleuris, apice maculisque punctiformibus in singulis circa sedecim, nigris, punctorum seriebus pone 

 medium obliteratis. Long. 14-16 millim. 



Mas pedibus longioribus, femoribus anticis parum incrassatis, segmento primo ventrali areola piligera. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 feet (Champion). 



This curious species of Erotylus is not very closely allied to any other yet described ; 

 it perhaps comes nearest to E. herpestes, Lac. The elytral spots are not impressed, the 

 series of punctures running over them ; the humeral callus is black, this spot being 

 united to the base ; the central lateral spot is also usually, but not always, united to 

 the margin ; and there is a black dash running a little way up the suture from the 



