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Tntermediato coxal line veiy short; club of antennce 3-jointed, 

 Otli joint elongate-triangular, longer than the 10th; eyes small; 

 striie of the elytra effaced externally. 



Brachysplicenus bisignatus. 



Erotylus his'ujnatiis, Guer. R. Z. 1841, 115. 



Brachyspliizmis — , Lac. Erot. 335. 



Columbia. 



Closely allied to B. displlotus. 



Brachysphoenus oblongosignatus. 



Brachysphoenus oblongosicjnatus, Guer. R. A. Ins. 311. 



Columbia. 



No coxal lines; the prosternum is a little less strongly keeled, 



BracliysplKBmis ecuadorensis, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ellipticus, testaceus, antennis pedibusque (femoribus 

 basi exceptis) nigris; thorace punctulato, basi utrinque sinuato, 

 antice leviter emarginato, t<at fortiter angustato; scutello rufo-tes- 

 taceo; elytris nitidis, griseis, tenue nigro-marginatis, epiplenris 

 nigris, dorso punctato-striato, paulo pone medium macula irregular! 

 subquadrata pallid e cincta. L. 5 lin. 



Ecuador (Buckley). 



Ptesembles B. h'lshjnatus, but the prosternum is much less 

 developed, and the intermediate coxal line is present. 



G. Thorax transverse, flat; tarsi rather robust, the first joint 

 very rarely elongate. (Iphtclus, Lac.) 



Brachysplioenns sexpunctatus. 



Erotylus C^-pitnctatus, Dup. Erot. 39, T. in. f. 78. 

 Brackysphaitius — , Lac. Erot. 337. 

 Brazil. 



No coxal line; thorax with some coarser punctures on each 

 side at the base; elytra gemellate striate-punctate. 



Bracliysplicenus varians. 



Brachysplicenus varians, Lac. Erot. 344. 

 3f -nigrum, Lac. Erot. 346. 



Brazil. 



Diflers from the other species by the well-marked punctate 

 fovea at the base of the thorax, the externally incomj)lete rect- 

 angular sutures of the prosternum, the ^'ery short coxal line, and 

 the gemellate striiie. 



B. M-ni(jrum m a pale form. 



