MYCOTRETUS. 65 



Mycotretus GuatemalsB, sp. n. 



M. psitfaeo fiffinls, sod j^uiilo aiigiiBtior, fascia apical i latiorc, 

 fascia basali iiitcgra, punctistjuo 2 iu basin iiigris, L. 4^ liii. 

 Guatemala. 



Mycotretus polyoplitlialmiis. 



Jfi/cotretus poli/npl/fhahiius, Lac. Erot. 1G3. 

 Ca}-eniie, Yeiiczuela. 



Elytra strongly punctate-striate, with the extreme apex some- 

 times testaceous. 



Mycotretus bisseptemgiittatns, sp, n. 



M. pohjopliihalmo proxiinus, sed thorace scutelloque totis 

 rufo-testaceis, elytrisque singulis maculis :ilbis 7 ; 2 basal i1)us 

 (1 subhumerali), 2 ante medium, 2 pone medium, 1 subapicali 

 (apice ipso nigro). L. Z\ lin. 



Cayenne. 



The spots are large and arranged transversely, not oblitpiely as 

 in J/, pohjopJitJudinus. 



Mycotretus ocellatus. 



Erotylus oceJlatus, Germ. Ins. Sp. Nov. G13 (182 4-). 



l2-guttatus, Dup. Erot. 24, T. ii. f. 38 (1825). 



Mycotretus , Lac. Erot. 1G4. 



Brazil, Fonteboa (Bates), fSt Catherina, Pebas. 

 Interstitial punctuation very fine, obsolete. 



Mycotretus hilaris. 



Mycotretus hilaris, Lac. Erot. 171. 

 Brazil. 



Mycotretus sannio« 



Mycotretus sannio, Lac. Erot. IGO. 



Brazil. 



My specimen is more mature and darker, being of a brownish 

 red with paler markings, the thorax also is distinctly i)unctulate. 

 I regard it as a variety of J/, hilaris. 



Mycotretus sestuans. 



Mycotretus cestuans, Lac. Erot. 170. 



Brazil. 



I have not seen the type, but identify a specimen communi- 

 cated by Mr Sheppard with this species. Further material would 

 in all prol)ability unite it with M. hilaris. 



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