182 PHiilCOBACIS. 



Traces of gemellate punctuation are visible in some examples. 

 The cUsc of the thorax has the appearance of having been sulcate 

 and since filled up. 



Var. tibiis apice flavis. (Amazons). 



Phricobacis Batesii, sp. n. 



K,ufo-testaceus, oblongus, antennis (basi excepta) tibiis tarsis- 

 que nigris, elytris pallide ochraceis; thorace subrequali punctulato, 

 basi punctis paucis majoribus; elytris confertim punctatis, ol)solete 

 geminato-punctatis ; subtus rufo-testaceus, punctulatus. L. 5}y — 

 6h lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



^ puncto ventrali piiigero. 



Phricobacis pnlclierj sp. n. 



Ptufo-testaceus, oblongus, antennis brevioribus (basi excepta) 

 tibiis (apice rufo) tarsisque nigris; thorace elytrisque la3te viridi- 

 bus (post mortem ochraceis) maculis rufo-piceis; illo suba^quali, 

 punctulato, lateribus valde rotundatis, punctis 8 rufo-brunneis (4 

 discoidalibus, antice concavis, 4 sub-basalibus) ; elytris fortius minus 

 confertim subrugose punctatis, dorso subgeminatis, singulo macu- 

 lis 9 rufo-brunneis; 1 sub-humerali, 1 obliqua majore, prope scu- 

 tellum, 1 discoidali sat magna ante medium, 3 mediis (2 externis 

 fere junctis, interno majore elongato subsuturali), 1 parvo discoi- 

 dali, 2 api)roximatis subapicalibus. L. 5h — G lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



(5 puncto ventrali piiigero. 



Phricobacis Eatzeburgii.* 



Erotylus Ratzehuryii, Lac. Erot. 449. 

 Brazil. 



Phricobacis marginatus.* 



Omoiotelus marghiatus, (hicr. It. Z. 1841, 119. 



Bacls , Lac. Erot. 505. 



Bolivia. 



Phricobacis rufolimbatus, sp. n. 



Oblongus, fortiter convexus, niger, subnitidus, capite antice, 

 elytrorum epipleuris margine externo sutiu-aque kete rufis; thorace 

 inicquali, undique punctato, lateribus rotundatis, basi utrinque 

 sinuato ; elytiis fortiter subrugose dorso sul)seriatim punctatis, 

 apice obscure rufo; abdomijic subtus pimctulato, prosterno mar- 

 gine antico clevato in medio. \u 7 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



