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Var. dilaceratus. 



The basal dent is abbreviated, and the 2nd fascia is i)roduced 

 beyond the middle of the disc, the 3rd fascia is narrower than in 

 the type. 



Columbia. 



Var. carniineus. 



The 2nd fascia is reduced to a small subquadrate spot, the 

 3rd is much broader and denticulate. 

 Ecuador (Buckley). 



Var. apicicinctus. 



Besides the fascice, the whole external margin of the elytra is 

 l^ordered with red; in one specimen the thorax also is varied with 

 red. 



Ecuador (Buckley), 



Bracliysplioenus subsangiiineus, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, rufo-testaceus, nitidus, clypeo punctato, capite 

 macula nigricante; thorace convexo, punctulato, maculis 2 maxi- 

 mis nigris, linea discoidali margineque rufis; elytris tenuiter 

 punctato-striatis, serie marginali fortiter impressa, margine ex- 

 terno carmineo-cincto ; fascia dentata basali (per marginem con- 

 tinuata), fascia obliqua apicem versus (ad apicem per suturani 

 continuata) carmineis ; corpore subtus toto rufo-testaceo. L. 4;^ lin. 



8. Paulo, Ega (Bates). 



Var. disjunctus. 



Major, fascia basali discreta, thorace punctis G nigris. 



Santarem. 



Brachyspli^nus hebraicus. 



Brachjsphcemts heh'aicus, Lac. Erot. 403. 

 Cayenne, 



BrachysplicBiius nitidulus. 



Erotijlus nitididus, Oliv. Ent. v. 479, T. ii. f. 29. 



, Dup. Erot. 43. 



Brachysphcemts — -, Lac. Erot. 403. 

 Cayenne. 



Brachysphoenus bellulus. 



Brachyspha'.nus helhdus, L^ac. Erot. 404, 

 Cayenne, Para. 



BrachysphcBiius bajulus. 



Brachysphimihs hajidus, T^ac. Erot. 413. 

 Brazil. 



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