PRIOTELUS. 177 



Priotelus equestris. 



Priotelus equestris, Lac. Erot. 495. 

 Cayenne (Lacordaire). 



Yar. amazonicas. Elytris stiiis suljgcaiellatis, tibiis dimidio 

 apicali testaceis. 



Amazons (Bates), 



Priotelus lividus. 



Priotelus lividus, Lac. Erot. -196. 

 Brazil. 



Priotelus calceatus.* 



Priotelus calceatus, Lac. Erot. 49(5. 

 Cayenne. 



Priotelus femoralis. 



Bacis femoralis, Ivirsch, B. E. Z. 18G5, 102. 

 Bogota, Venezuela. 

 (5 puncto piligero ventrali. 

 This is ''P. nigrocalceatas,'' Cliev. MS. 



Priotelus limbatus, sp. n. 



Late ovatus, subdepressus, niger, nitidus, antennis articulis 

 1 — 2 testaceis; capite thoraceque brunneis, hoc transverso, angulis 

 anticis acutis, lateribus fere rectis, basi utrinque paulo obliquo, 

 punctato, ante scutelknn nigro; elytris brunneis, undique anguste 

 ochraceo-limbatis, punctato-striatis (striis subgemellatis) apice pro- 

 ducto rotundato ; epipieuris ochraceis; corpora subtus punctulato, 

 prosterno obscure rufo. L. 51 lin. 



Guayaquil. 



The prosternum is compressed at the anterior margin. 



Priotelus jucundus. 



Priotelus juGundus, Lac. Erot. 497. 

 Cayenne. 



Altogether unlike the other species ; the striai are almost 

 gemellate. 



Priotelus Spinolae. 



Omoitelus Sjyinolai, Guer. L'on. R. A. Ins. 312 (1846). 

 Columbia. 



Priotelus difficilis, sp. n. 



Ovatus, rufo testaceus, antennis (basi excepta) tibiis tarsisque 

 nigrisj thorace subl?evi, antice semicirculariter emarginato, late- 

 ribus rotundatis, basi utrinque sinuatis, ante scutellum elongatum 

 producto; elytris striato-punctatis (striis 7), interstitiis punctis 



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