.EGITHUS. ir 



Var. h, Ca[)ite thoraceque rufis, hoc tortia discoidali nigra, 

 prosteriio iiigro, e[)ipleuris rufis : card'ui'xlis, Cliev. 



Var, c, Ca[)ite thoraceque rufis, prosterno et epipleuris rufis : 

 nieridionalis, Crotch. 



I consider these three forms referable to one species, thoui^li 

 the variation in outline is considerable. The intermediate coxal 

 line is well marked. 



jSGgithus clavicornis. 



Chrysoinela clavicornis, L. S. N. ed. x. 370 (1758). 



surinaniensis, L. Cent. Ins. 10 (1763). 



uEyithus , Lac. Erot. '1'6'^. 



■ clavicornis, CrotcJi, Cist. Ent. 140. 



Costa Rica, Cayenne, Columbia, Ecuador, Amazons, Brazil, 

 Nicaray-ua. 



E. Elytra gemellate striate : coxal lines visible, 



iEgithus hemisph^ricus. 



^'Er/lfhus /temlsphasricus, Lac. Erot. 289. 

 Brazil 



^githus iailatus, sp. n. 



Hemisphrericus, nitidissimus, livido-fuscus, capite thoraceque 

 subtiliter punctulatis, elytri.s Icevibus, sat fortiter sed irregulai-itrr 

 gemellato-punctato-striatis, postice acuminate productis ; corpore 

 subtus pallidiore, antennis nigris, tibiis tarsisque obscurioribus. 

 L. 5— oilin. 



Pebas (Bates). 



This is the most convex of all the species of uEgltkus; the 

 frontal margins are thickened and well marked. 



-ffigitlius politissimiis, sp. n. 



yE. Inflato proximus, sed capite thorace<pie fere h\3vibus, elytris 

 paulo minus convexis, interstitiis sparse sed profuude puuctatis, 

 postice minus acimiinatis. L. 5 lin, 



Ecuador (Buckley). 



-ffigithus cordatus, sp. n. 



Valde convexus, fere hemispluericus, capite thoraceque sub- 

 Irevibus, elytris confuse gemellato-punctato-striatis, interstitiis 

 fortiter puuctatis, postice acuminato-productis ; subtus totus rufo- 

 testaceus, scutello nigro, corpore subtus epipleurisque fulvis. L. 

 4ilin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



