48 MEGISCHYRUS. 



Megischyrus Guatemalae, sp. n. 



Ater, subnitidus, oblongus, capite thoracequo subtiliter punc- 

 tulato, elytris tenue punctato-vStriatis, fasciis 3 e maculis alternis 

 conflatis sanguineis, L. 6^ — 7 lin. 



Guatemala. 



Allied to j\[. meso7nelas but witli the fasciae well separated 

 from eacli other. 



Megiscliyrus catenulatus. 



Ischyrus CdtenidatuSy Lac. Erot. 97. 

 Bolivia. 



Megischyrus Bogotae, sp. n. 



Ater, opacus, vix punctulatus, elytris tenuiter obsolete punc- 

 ato-striatis, fiisciis 3 e maculis alternis conflatis ochraceis. L. 6 lin. 

 Bogota (Janson). 

 Very like M. Guatemala', but opaque, almost impunctate. 



Megischyrus catenatus, sp. n. 



M. catemdato simillimus, sed paulo nitidior, punctulatus, 

 elytris bifosciatis, lateribus hand rufis. L. 7 lin. 

 Amazons (Bates), Pebas, Ecuador (Buckley). 

 The Ecuador and Pebas specimens have the markings ochreous. 



Megischyrus sanguinolentus." 



Ischyrus sniufuinolentus, Lac. Erot. 97. 



Megiscliyrus , Crotch, Cist. Ent. 143. 



Mexico, Yucatan (Cliapuis), Nicaragua (Janson). 



Tliis is very like M. catenatus, but differs in being opaque, 

 without visible punctuation; the markings differ a little, the 

 central fliscia especially is narrower. 



Megischyrus bellicosus. 



Ischyrus bellicosus, Lac. Erot. 98. 

 Brazil. 



Megischyrus semipunctatus. 



Erotylus semijiunctatus, Germ. lus. Sp. Nov. G12. 



Ischyrvs , Lac. Erot. 99. 



Brazil, Bio .Janeiro. 



