82 MYCOTRETUS. 



Mycotretus mycetopMloides, sp. n. 



Subovatus, siibdepressns, supra niger, suLtus testaceiis, capite 

 antice testaceo, parce punctulato; tliorace brevi siibtiliter punctii- 

 lato, lateribus subrectis, angulis anticis irregiilariter flavis ; scutello 

 punctulato, elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis subtilissime punctu- 

 latis, singulis fascia angusta obliqua fulva basin versus; corpore 

 subtus Itevi. L. 2^ in. 



Ega (Bates). 



Yar. careus. El^'tris unicoloribus. 



Mycotretus coccineus. 



Lyhas coccineus, Lac. Erot. 239. 



Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Ega and Fonteboa (Bates). 



Metasternum deeply punctate at the sides; scutellum large, 

 punctate. 



Distinct from the other Mycotreti by its convex sub-hemi- 

 S2:>herical form. 



Mycotretns sangiiinosus, sp. n. 



M. coccineo proximus, sed major, elytris interstitiis crebrius 

 evidentius punctulatis, metasterno lateribus minus fortiter punc- 

 tatis distinctus. L. 2;^ lin. 



N. Granada. 



Mycotretus rufilabris.* 



Tritoma rtifilahris, Lac. Erot. 222. 



Brazil (Turin). 



This is certainly a Mycotretus. 



Mycotretus limbatus. 



Tritoma limhata, Laic. Erot. 223. 



Brazil, Ega, St Paulo (Bates). 



Metasternum deeply punctate at the sides. Thorax not mar- 

 gined at the base, and the only species of the genus which I have 

 seen presenting this character. 



Mycotretus tesserarius.* 



Mycotretus tesserarius, Lac. Erot. 191. 

 Columbia. 



Mycotretus (?) xanthomelas, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, obscure testaceus, antennis (basi excepto) 

 punctisque 3 in vertice nigris; capite antice crebre, postice parce, 



