TAPIXOTARSUS, 179 



Prioteliis lineatulus, sp. n. 



Sat latcovatus, tostaceiLS, antennis (Ijasi excepta) nigris; tliorace 

 0equali,transverso, Literibus rotuudatis, obsolete punctulato, antico 

 angustato; elytris punctato-striatis (striis 7, geiuellatis), pallido 

 oclimceis, vittis 3 f'uscis apice iutus curvatis, lituraque parva sub- 

 scutellari. L. 3^ lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Allied to P. minor, prostoniiim compressed in front, antcM-ior 

 legs short, inner edge of elytral epipleura? margined with black. 

 In this species the pairs of striie are 1 — 2, 3 — 4, 5 — G instead of 

 2—3, 4—5, as nsual. 



Priotelus rugithorax, sp. n. 



Ovatus, subconvexus, croceus ; tibiis nigris ; thorace requali, 

 subtransverso, fortiter subrugose punctato, basi fere truncato, 

 ante scutelluni paulo producto; elytris ochraceis, punctato-striatis 

 (striis 7) interstitiis lateribusque crebre fortius punctatis, corporo 

 subtus vix punctulato, prosterno anticc compresso. L. 4^ lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Veiy distinct by the punctuation. 



Priotelus festiviiSv 



Brachijsphcennsfestivas, Lac. Erot. 332. 

 Mexico. 



Tapinotarsus. 



Kirsch, B. E. Z. 18G5, 100 {tup. maculatus, Kirscli). 



I have not seen the type, but a specimen from the Amazons 

 obviously belongs to this genus. The principal characters are the 

 short anterior femora, and narrow third joint to the tarsi, the 

 posterior tarsi also have the first joint extremely elongate. It is 

 very near the small Prioteli, P. minor etc. ; but the punctuation, 

 though hardly a generic character, may serve to separate it ; there 

 are no strise, but the black markings arc surrounded each by a 

 ring of jmnctures. 



Tapinotarsus maculatus.'' 



Tapinotarsus maculatus, Kirsch, B. E. Z. 18G5, 101. 

 Bogota. 



Tapinotarsus multinotatus. 



Brachysplmnus multinotatus, Lac. Erot. 330. 

 Cayenne. 



This is evidently very nearly allied to and congeneric with 

 T. Kirschii, but even the sutural stria is obsolete. 



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