BRACHYSPH(ENU3. 137 



H. Elytra entirely smooth, opaque ; no coxal llncf? ; tarsi 

 sliort; antennre with a l-jointed club, the joints elongate-quadrate. 

 [^Eyithoniorph us, Lac. ) 



Brachysplioenus biplagiatus.* 



Erotijlus hlpJagiatus, Guer. R. Z. 1841, 119. 



BracJiijsjj]t<jenus — , Lac. Erot. 374:. 



Brazil. 



Guerin's type was not in his collection in 1872. 



Bradiysphoenus dorsomaculatus.* 



Braclujsphmnus dorsomacidatus, Lac. Erot. 375. 

 Brazil. 



I. Body oval, acuminate before and behind ; tarsi short ; 

 stria? of the elytra gemellate ; thorax slightly emarginate in front ; 

 no coxal lines ; antennae with a large 4-jointed club, 9th joint 

 elongate-quadrate. {Ooyaster, Lac.) 



Brachysplioeniis guadeloiipensis. 



Galleruca guadeloupensiSy Fah. Ent. Spst. ii. IG. 



BracJiyspluenus , Lac. Erot. 377. 



sutiiralis, Lac. Erot. 378. 



Guadeloupe. 



B. sutiiralis is founded on a very immature example. 



K. Form subparallel, colour brick-red and black ; thorax flat, 

 subquadrate, base often with a punctate fovea ; elytra 0}>aque, 

 with 5 — 6 dorsal stride, stri?e sometimes gemellate; coxal lines 

 generally absent. {Saccomorphus, Dej.) 



Bracliysplioenus nebulosiis. 



Erotyhis nebidosus, Guer. R. Z. 1841, 155. 

 Jh'achi/sphoinus — , Lac. Erot. 357. 

 Sta. Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 



Thorax very flat, with a small punctate basal fovea; inter- 

 mediate coxal line very sliort. 



Bracliysplioeiins bimaculatus. 



Eroti/kcs himaculatus, Germ. Ins. Sp. Nov. G12 (1824). 



, Dup. Erot. 12, T. i. f. 13. 



Brachysphoenus , Lac. Erot. 358. 



Brazil, ilio Janeiro, Miuas Geraes. 



Thorax opacpie, two or three coarse punctures at the base only; 

 elytra very faintly striate, the striae gemellate ; no coxal line. 



