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Erotyius Theodori. 



Erotylns imi/asciatus\\, Lac. Erot. 433 (1842); ncc Fah. Ent. 

 Si/sL Supp. 101 (1798). 

 Colimibia. 



Erotyius rulipes, sp. n. 



Ovatiis, ater, iiitidus, ore femoribiisquc riil)ris; tliorace brevi, 

 piinctuLito, iiiterdum obscure rufo-limbato ; elytris nigris, dorso 

 gemellato-striatis, maculis nigris subtessollatis ; epipleuris nigris. 

 L. 6ilin. 



Bogota (Janson). 



Yery like E. Nicarar/uce, but witli the femora red ; tlie tliorax 

 is short with the sides rounded, while in E. Nicarar/mc they are 

 straight. 



Erotyius maculiventris. 



Erotyius 7nacuUventris, Lac. Erot. 444. 



Columbia, Ecuador (Buckley), Pebas, Peru (Erichson). 



^ segmeuto Imo ventrali fovea piligera. 



Erotyius nigrotibialis, sp. n. 



E. macuUventri simillimus sed tibiis totis nigris ; ely tromimque 

 margine rubro, maculis elytrorum minus quadratis, etc. L. 5 — 8 J 

 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Erotyius fiavangulus, sp. n. 



E. macuUventri similis, sed brevior, magis ovatus, margine 

 basi et infra medium flavo, elytris nigris maculis irregularibus 

 rufis, antice et postice sitis, medio nigro. L. 6 — 8 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



The markings are very near those of E. p)ustulatus. 



B. Kostrum basi coarctato; elytris irregulariter punctatis, 

 punctis nigris, 



Erotyius parcepunctatus, sp. n. 



Breviter ovatus, postice acuminatus, niger, nitidus, thorace 

 subopaco, insequali, obsolete punctulato, ba,si utrinque fovea punc- 

 tata ; elytris fasciis 2 latis nigro-irroratis denticulatis (1 prope 

 basim, 1 paulo infra medium) ochraceis ; epipleuris macula basali 

 ochracea. L. 7 J — 8 lin. 



,? puncto ventrali piligero. 



