S82 ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, 



Genus. — Eros, Newman. 



Caput prothorace vix angustius, sub prothorace baud omnino recon- 

 ditur; antennae dimidio corporis manifeste breviores ; 11-articu- 

 latae, neque serratae nee flabellatae, articulus 2"'. brevis, caeteri 

 mediocres, longitudine subsequales : protborax fere quadratus : 

 antice rotundatus, postice truncatus, angulis posticis acutis : elytra 

 linearia, carinata, reticulata. 



Note. — Lycus humeralis, Fabr. is the type of this genus. 



Eros Preefectus. Lyttse humerah Fabricii affinis at differt: 

 prothorax niger, longitudine latior, disco rugoso : elytra nigra, 

 obscuT'a, macula humerali sanguinea, 5 -carinata, carina 1 su- 

 ttcralis, 1 marginalis, 3 discoidales, interstitiis duplici serie 

 quadrarum minutarum expletis : ccetera nigra. (Corp. long. 

 •3unc. ; lat. "l unc.) 



Eros Lictor. Prothoracis medium nigrum, nitidum, laterihus 



flams: elytra nigra, obscura, concoloria, 6-cari?iata, carince 



1 siituralis, 1 marginalis^ 4 discoidales, interstitiis duplici serie 



quadrarum minutarum expletis. (Corp. long. '3 unc. ; lat. 



•1 unc.) 



Eros alatus. Prothorax fere semicircularis, medio nigro nitido, 

 marginibus omnibus late fulms : elytra fusca margine humerali 

 fidva, 6-carinata, carinee et interstitics prcecedentis, at minus 

 extantia ; femoribus basi flavis : ccetera fusca. (Corp. long. 

 •3 unc. ; lat. '125 unc.) 



Eros oblitus. Prothorax fere quadratus, rugosus, medio nigro, 

 lateribus fultis : elytra nigra, obscura, concoloria, 6-cari)iata, 

 carinee prcecedentis, interstitiis transverse rugose rugatis. 

 (Corp. long. '25 lat. ; "09 unc.) 



Genus. — Pollaclasis, Newman. 



Caput parvum, sub protborace reconditum ; antennae dimidio corpo- 

 ris breviores, bipectinatae, 11-articulatae ; articulus 2"'. quam 

 prcecedentium major; 3"^ ad 10""°. longitudine subaequales, ramulis 

 2 e basi, denteque acuto ex apice emittentes : prothorax semicir- 

 cularis, postice bisinuatus : elytra ampla, sublinearia, apicibus 

 rolundatis. 



