170 PR! OT EL us. 



excavate truiicato, angiilo sutarali liaiid prodncto, feinoiibus apice 

 late nigris. L. 5^ I in. 

 Ecuador (Buckley). 



Priotelus truncatus. 



Prlotehis truncafus, Lac. Erot. 499. 

 Cayenne. 



Priotelus ignobiiis.^' 



Priotelus iynohlUs, KirscJi, B. E. Z. 1805, 102. 



Bogota. 



This is probably a pale variety of P. truncatus. 



Priotelus obsoletus, sp. n. 



Rufo-testaceu.s, oblongus, antennis (])asi excepta) tibiisque 

 nigris ; thorace antice augustato, semicirculariter emarginato, 

 lateribus rotundatis, basin versus punctulato; elytris punctato- 

 striatis (striis 7), interstitiis vix punctulatis, lateribus crebre evi- 

 denter punctulatis. L. 5i lin. 



Brazil. 



The elytra are obliquely truncate, the external angle acute. 



Priotelus debilis, sp. n. 



Ovatus, pallide ocliraceus, antennis (basi exce^^ta) tibiarumque 

 basi nigris; thorace lateribus rotundatis, angulis posticis acutis, 

 supra punctulato, basi ante scutellum rotundato producto ; elytris 

 punctato-striatis (striis 5), lateribus confuse crebreque punctatis, 

 fasciis 2 (1 interrupta paulo ante medium, 1 latiore infra medium) 

 obsolete fuscis. L. 4^ — 5 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Elytra truncate, external angle acute. 



Var. elytris unicoloribus. 



Priotelus stellio.^ 



Priotelus stellio, E. Arch. f. Nat. xin. 177. 

 Peru. 



C. Elytris integris. 



Priotelus apiatus. 



Erotylus apiatus, Chcv. Col. Mcx. ii. 5. 



J*riotelus , Lac. Erot. 428. 



Mexico. 



Lacordaire gh'es "Columbia" as its patria, ])\it, T think, in- 

 correct] v. 



