MYCOTKETUS. 7o 



Abdomen beneath shining, punctate, mctasternum sparingly 

 and finely, sides more deeply punctate ; coxal lines visible. 



M. 2^osticus has lost the spots on the thorax and at the base 

 of the elytra. 



Mycotretus Deyrollii, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, fulvus, antennis pedibus jiectorequc nigris ; 

 capite crebre sat j3rofunde punctate, thorace minus crebre punc- 

 tate, punctis 6 nigris (2 anticis, 4 basalibus), scutello nigro ; 

 elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis parce subtilissime ininctulatis, 

 macula oblonga discoidali sat magna ante medium ; corpore subtus 

 punctulato, metastenio lateribus parcissime punctatis. L, 2| lin. 



St Catharina. 



Mycotretus tigrinus. 



Erotylm ligrimis, Ollv. Enc. MHh. vi. 437 (1791). 

 Mycotretus , Lac. Erot. 145. 



leopardus, Klrsch in litt. 



Cayenne, St Paulo, Ega (Bates). 



Finely punctate, stritie sub-gemellate ; beneath sparingly 

 punctate. The mentum is decidedly rounded in front, and this 

 has led Kirsch to consider it a new species, 



Yar. jxirdalis. Elytris maculis majoribus, magis approxi- 

 matis ; elytris interstitiis distinctius punctatis, L, 3 — 3^ lin. 



Peru (Janson), Ecuador (Buckley), St Paulo (Bates). 



Mycotretus singularis. 



Mijcotretus slnrjidarls, Lac. Erot, 148. 

 Columbia, 



Finely puuctate-striato ; surface alutaceous, very finely punc- 

 tulate. 



Mycotretus trabeatus. 



Mycotretus traheatus, Lac. Erot. 148. 

 Columbia. 



Apparently more strongly punctate than M. slnrjidaiis, and 

 always fulvous in colour, but possibly only a A'ariety of it. 



Mycotretus tigratus. 



Mycotretus tigratus, Lac, Erot. 150. 



nig rod rictus, Lac, Erot. 151. 



Yery near M, trabeatus, and perhaps only a small variety of 

 it. M, nigrociactus has lost the elytral spot, retaining only the 

 band. Columbia. 



