114- ^GITHUS. 



-^g-ithus Walckenaeri. 



jEgithna Walckenaeri, Lac. Erot. 280. 



Brazil. 



Ilesembliiig uE, chahjheus but less pyrfimidal. 



-ffigithiis cinctipennis. 



ErofyJus cinctipennis, Dup. Erot. 33, T. in. f. GO. 



^Egithus , Lac. Erot. 280. 



Brazil, Nicaragua (?). 



Here the pyramidal form is entirely lost. Epipleura? concave. 



^g-itlius cyanipennis. 



jEgitJms cyanipennis, Giier. R. Z. 1841, 120. 

 , Lac. Erot. 279. 



consularis, Guer. Verh. z. h. V. Wien, V. 610 (1855). 



Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 



Var. consularis. Elytris singulo plaga lateral! obliqua rufa, 

 magnitudine variante. 



Amazons (Bates), Ecuador (Buckley). 



This variety seems very distinct but I have seen all the pas- 

 sages, Guerin's character drawn from the scutellum is illusory. 

 The epipleuraa are concave, the whole form cordate. 



B. Elytra with numerous irregularly disposed punctures. 



^gitliiis pnnctatissimiis. 



Erotylus puncfatissimiis, Fah. Syst. Ent. 123 (1775). 



— 1— , Ilerbst, Natnrsyst. vin. 3G7, T. 137, 



f. G. 



, Dup. Erot. 33, T. iii. f 61. 



uKyitlins , La^c. Erot. 281. 



Surinam. 



Thorax with a few punctures along the base, prosternum ele- 

 vated convex, ei)ipleura3 plane ; no coxal lines. 



^gitlins separandns, sp. n. 



jE. pimctatissimo persimilis, sed elytris colore Irete luteo, 

 punctis impressis paulo minoriV)us, niaujis numerosis, minus con- 

 tluentibus distinctus videtur. L. G — 6^, liu. 



Ecuador (Buckley). 



