:rl ISCHYRUS. 



Ischyrus subcylindricus. 



Ischyrus suhcylindricus, Lac. Erot, 1 1 7. 



Cayenne, N. Granada. 



This resembles a small specimen of /. interrupfus with the 

 liead red, and a black humeral spot isolated from the basal 

 fascia. 



Ischyrus Sheppardi, sp. n. 



Flavorufus, oblongus, parallelus, subtus rufus, pedibiis nigris ; 

 capite rufo vertice nigro (colore nigro antice bilobato) ; thorace 

 snbquadrato, fortius punctato, lateribus late albidis, puncto nigro, 

 disco figuram nigram (ad litteram H similem), basi nigro margi- 

 nato ; scutello rufo ; elytiis tenuissime striato-punctatis, sutura 

 nigra, singula macula acuminata infra scutello, altera humerali 

 triangulari, puncto infra humerum, macula infra medium valde 

 dentata et per suturam prolongata ad apicem (et in margine ex- 

 terno continuata), nigris. L. 3 lin, 



Brazil. 



Allied to F. subcylindricus, but most variable ; the 2 speci- 

 mens I have seen are at first quite unlike ; the thorax has normally 

 4 discoidal spots, 2 anterior, and a quadridentate basal line ; the 

 elytral fasciae are broken up in every possible way, 



Ischyrus Bahiae, sp. n, 



Pallide fulvus, oblongus, capite pectore geniculisque nigris ; 

 thorace crebrius sat fortiter punctato, })unctis 4 transverse positis, 

 lineaque basilari tridentata, nigris ; elytris fascia basali extus 

 abbreviata postice utrinque dentata, punctoque parvo marginem 

 versus nigris, macula postica in siugulo triangulari, ad suturam 

 connexis. L. 2 J liu. 



Bahia. 



Allied to /. wterniptifs, 



Ischyrus fraternus. 



Ischyrus f rater nus, Lac. Erot. 124. 

 Columbia, N. Granada. 



In tliis the posterior angles of the thorax are black also ; the 

 elyti\'il j)U]ictures are coarse, translucent, and appear oblong. 



Ischyrus pallidior, sp. ii. 



Pallide ochraceus, subellipticus ; capite thoraceque subtiliter 

 punctatis, illo antice nigro, vertice ochraceo, vitta nigra ; hoc 

 macula transversa in n^argine antico, punctisque 4 transverse 

 ])0sitis nigris; elytris alutaceis, tcnue punctato-striatis (punctis 



