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Bradiyspliosnns deiiciens, sp. n. 



B. meleagridi pcrsimilis, sed olytris singulis iiiaciilis sex tau- 

 tiim lutcis (2 apicalibiis defioientibus) distinctus. L. 3 lin. 

 Amazons (Bates). 



Brachyspliajniis obliqueguttatus, sp. n. 



Ovatus. rufesceiis, oculis prominentibus, clypeo sat m.agno, 

 fronte lateribus iiicrassatis ; tliorace brevi, subtilissiiuo punctuiato, 

 })Iano, antice in medio nigro-marginato ; elytris obsolete })unc- 

 tato-striatis, singulis maculis 4 liiteis nigro-cinctis, 1 basali jn-ope 

 sciitellum, 1 pone liumerum pvope marginem, 1 elongata prope 

 snturam pone medium, 1 rotunda ta prope marginem apicem versus. 

 L. 3 lin. 



Brazil. 



Intermediate coxal line abbreviate, deeply impressed. 



BracliysplicEnus melanostictus, sp. n. 



Ovatus sat convexus, ocliraceus subtus testaceus, capite 

 ante oculos utrinque lineola impressa ; tliorace piano, punctuiato, 

 antice in medio nigro-marginato ; scutello nigro ; elytris punc- 

 tato-striatis, striis ante apicem evanescentibus, singulis maculis 

 4 subquadratis nigris ; 2 prope suturam (1 ante, 1 pone medium), 

 inferiore elongata, 2 transverse positis in medium, prope mar- 

 ginem (interiore elongata) ; corpore subtus testaceo, tibiis nigris. 

 L. 4Uin. 



Ecuador (Buckley). 



Distinct by the 3-jointed club to the antennae and the impressed 

 head, which resembles Coccimorphus. 



Brachyspli(Bnus tetrastictus, sp. n. 



Ovatus, rufo-testaceus, capite antice utrinque leviter impresso, 

 frontis marginibus incrassatis ; tliorace i)unctulato, piano ; scut(;llo 

 nigro ; elytris punctato-striatis, tenuissime nigro-marginatis, sin- 

 gulis maculis 4 rotundatis nigris, subocellatis ; 1 prope suturam, 

 ad quartam, 1 pro2:)e marginem, ad tertiam, 1 discoidali, in medio, 

 1 prope suturam pone medium. L. 4 j lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Intermediate coxal line visible. Anteimre with a 3-jointed club. 

 Rather like B. melanostictus, but the spots equal-sized and the 

 colour rufescent. 



Bracliysplioenus mendax.^' 



Brachysphcenus mendax, Lac. Erot. 321. 



litiyiosus, Lac. Erot. 322. 



Kio Janeiro, Brazil (Lacordaire). 



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