08 PAL^OLYBAS. 



Mycolybas lucidus. 



Lyhas lucidus, Lac, Erot. 232. 



Brazil. 



This species is very distinct, having no coxal lines, and the 

 tibise being suddenly angularly dilated at the apex; the mcntum 

 appears to be almost as in Mycotretus. 



Mycolybas EgsDj sp. n. 



M. lucido jn-oximus, sed opacus, pallide coccineiis, elytris mar- 

 gins tenui apiceque flavis; capite antice fortius punctato, sutura 

 clypeali distincta; thorace subtilius punctato; elytris minus visibi- 

 liter striatis, inturstitiis vix punctatis, corpore subtus punctulato, 

 ineta-e}n])leuris flavis. L. 4| lin. Ega (Bates). 



Antennae with a 3-jointcd club. 



Mycolybas cruentatus. 



Lyhas cruentatus, Kirsch, B. E. Z. ix. 97 (18G5). 



M. lucido aflinis, sed thorace fortius punctato distinctus. 



Bogota (Kirsch), N. Granada. 



A specimen from N. Granada diflfers from Kirsch's type in 

 having the thorax more like M. lucidus, and the legs black : pos- 

 sibly all thi'oe form one species. 



Mycolybas melanocorynus. 



Jjylas melanocorynus, Lac. Erot 233. 

 Brazil. 



Mycolybas (?) sangiiinosus,* 



Tscliyrns sanguinosus. Mots. Et. Ent. 1858, IIG. 

 Columbia. 



Mycolybas (?) coceineipeiinis.* 



L'cliyrvs cocchieij^ennis. Mots. Et. Ent. 1858, 117. 

 Central America. 



Palseolybas. 



g. n. {typ. andreai, Crotch). 



This genus is apparently the; repi-esentative of the S. Americaii 

 LyJ.'ai^, Avhich it rt^scnsbles iji its convexity and polish; the most 

 marked character is the trismgular dilataticm of the tibia?, which 

 extends to their whole length. The thorax is not margined, the 

 prosternum is margined on cither side but not keeled in front, 



