138 BRACK YSPHCENUS. 



Brachysphoenus ruficeps. 



Erotylus ruficeps, Guer. R. Z. 1841, 118. 

 Brachysjjhcenus — , Lac. Erot. 359. 

 Columbia, Bolivia, Peru. 



A very variable species. The thorax has a v/ell-marked basal 

 fovea. 



Brachysplioeiius hsematocephalus. 



Brachysjyhoenus liannatocephalus^ Lac, Erot. 361. 

 Columbia. 



Elytra with a large oblong-quadrate black spot ; no coxal line; 

 metasternum finely punctate and sparingly jiubescent. 



BrachysphcEnus glyptoderus. 



Brachys2yli(em(,s glyptoderus, Lac. Erot. 3G1. 



Columbia, Ecuador (Buckley), Pebas (Bates). 



Nearly as variable as B. ruficeps. Underside as in B. hamia- 

 tocephalus ; the imjn-essions on the thorax seem constant ; the 

 elytra are deeply striate, externally irregularly punctate. 



Brachysphcenus Klugii. 



Bracliysplimins Klugii, Lac. Erot. 362. 



Brazil, Chili (Germain). 



The thorax is elongate and scarcely perceptibly narrowed in 

 front; no coxal line; elytra nearly smooth; metasternum canalicu- 

 late, opaque, not punctate ; antennae very short. 



Brachysphoenus quadrisignatus. 



Erotylus i-signatus, Dup. Erot. 42, T. in. f. 86. 



Brachysphoinus — , Lac. Erot. 363. 



Brazil. 



Brachysphoenus limbatus. 



Erotylus limbatus, Oliv. ^. i/. vi. 437 (1791). 



, Oliv. Ent. V. 477, T. ii. f. 25. 



, Eab. Ent. Syst. i. 2. 39 (1792)— .^ys^. El. 



II. 7. 



, Ilbst. Natursyst. Col. vni. 379. 



, Dup. Erot. 42, T. in. f. 85. 



Brachysphm)ius - , Lac. Erot. 364. 

 Cayenne. 



Head and thorax punctulate ; striae of the elytra gemellate; 

 no coxal line. 



