124 BRACHYSPHCEXUS. 



C. Elytra gemellate punctate-striate. 



BrachysphcBnus porcellana. 



Brachysphamus porcellana, Lac. Erot. 300. 



Cayenne. 



Tliorax semicircularly emarginate in front; prosternnm com- 

 pressed into an acute ridge, pointed in front, broad and sliglitly 

 emarginate behind, with no sutures visible; sides of metasternum 

 deeply punctate; posterior tarsi long; no coxal lines. 



Bradiysplicenns orphanulus.* 



Brachysphoenus orphanulus, Lac. Erot. 307. 

 Cayenne. 



BracliysplicBnus manicatus.* 



BrachyspJuenus manicatiis, Lac. Erot. 312. 



Columbia. 



This is very near uE(jithus ; the intermediate coxal line is 

 complete, the posterior absent; the striae of the elytra are closely 

 approximate, leaving broad smooth interstices. 



BrachysphcBiins annulatiis. 



Erotylus annuJatus, Germ. N. Ins. Sp. G13. 



BrachyspJioiuus — , Lac. Erot. 330. 



Brazil. 



Prosternum broad behind, rather deeply emarginate; no coxal 

 lines; thorax almost semicircularly emarginate in front; antennae 

 with a 3 jointed club. 



Brachysphoenus conspersus. 



Erotylus conspersus, Dup. Erot. 28. T. ii. f. 48, 



Brachysphamus — , Lac. Erot. 342. 



Brazil. 



This species is certainly closely allied to B. annulatus: the 

 antennae are elongate with a 3-jointed cbib; the intermediate 

 coxal line is present, but abbreviated ; the thorax is semicircularly 

 emarginate in front. 



Brachysphoenus epigraphus, sp. n, 



B-ufo-testaceus, oblongo-ovatus, nitidus, clypeo punctato ; 

 thorace convexo, lateribus rotundatis, vix jmnctato, nigro-sigiiato; 

 scutello nigro ; elytris flavo-testaceis, gemellat()-])unetato-striatis, 

 interstitiis punctis panels, confuse nigro-signatis. L. 4|lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



