EROTYLUS. 157 



Erotyliis elongatulus, sp. n. 



Elongatus, postice dilatatus, ater, subnitidus; tlioracc })rcviorG, 

 angusto, obsolete jnmctato ; clytris crebre pimctulatis, obsolctis- 

 sime gemellato-striatis ; lineis transversis 4 (per ])aria approxi- 

 matis) annuloque apicali riitis ; liueis basalibus oblique sitis, ad 

 suturam junctis. L. 131iii. 



Patiia igiiota. 



Erotylus imperfectus, sp. n. 



Ovatus, niger, nitidus ; elytris dorso gemellato-, lateri])us vagc 

 punctatis, maculis siibconflueutibus Vxtc rufo-flavis (basin versus 

 raris, infra medium fascia irregulari formantibus), margine epipleu- 

 risque (liumeris exce})tis) rufo-ilavis. L. 8 lin. 



Ecuador (Buckley). 



The unique specimen has unfortunately lost its head and 

 thorax. 



Erotylus subreticulatus. 



Erotylus suhreticAilatus, Guer. R. Z. 184:1, 115. 



, Lac. Erot, 443. 



Bolivia, Amazons (Bates), Peru (Erichson). 

 Easily recognizable by its punctuation. 



(5 segmento Imo ventrali fovea piligera. 



Erotylus meknostictus, sp. n. 



Ovatus, niger, nitidus, elytris Irete flavis basi anguste apicequo 

 nigiis, punctis profundis nigris sparsis impressis ; epipleuris flavis 

 basi apiceque nigris. L. 8J lin. 



Amazons (Bates), Panama (Sheppard). 



This has the irregular punctuation of the 2nd group and the 

 outline of a Barytojyus, but is evidently allied to E. suhretlcidatus, 



Erotylus gemmatus. 



Erotylus gemmatus, Eah. Ent. Syst. 2. 38. 



, Lac. Erot. 437. 



Cayenne. 



Distinct by its form which is rather pyramidal, being flattened 

 in front and obliquely so at the sides. I can detect no sexual 

 diflerence in the specimens before me. 



Erotylus cassidoides, sp. n. 



Cyaneus, nitidus, breviter ovatus, postice acuminatus, lateril)iis 

 late explanatis; capite biimpresso, punctato ; thorace ina?qnali, 

 punctato, brevi; elytris fortiter punctatis, dorso subgcmellato- 



