the Coleopterous FamVy Erotylldce. (97) 473 

 Lybas axillaris. 



Lyhas axillaris, Lac. Erot. 236. 



Cayenne. 



Thorax sparsely punctate. 



Lybas mycetopliilus.* 



Lyhas mycetophilus, Lac. Erot. 237. 



Cayenne (Turin). 



Very unlike the other species ; thorax deeply and thickly 

 punctate, under-side deeply punctate, metasternum very coarsely 

 punctate, even the sides of the prosternuni punctate. 



Lybas seminulus. 



Lyhas seminulus, Lac. Eivt. 237. 



Cayenne. 



Prosternum in front deeply punctate. 



Lybas piilicarins. 



Lyhas pulicarius, Lac. Erot. 238. 

 Cayenne. 



Thorax very evidently and rather closely punctate; sides of 

 metasternum with 4 — 5 deep punctures, prosteruum impuuctate. 



Lybas (?) carbunculus. 



Lyhas carhunculus, Lac. Erot. 238. 



Mexico. 



Thorax with a fine uniform punctuation. 



Lybas (?) corallinus. 



Lyhas corallinus, Lac. Erot. 239. 



Cayenne. 



Thorax with the basal fovea deeply punctate; under-side smooth, 

 no posterior coxal line, intermediate line deep, extending nearly to 

 the margin. 



Mycolybas. 



g. n. {typ. lucidus, Lac). 



Difiers fiom Mycotretus by the convex surface, no coxal liaes, 

 thorax not margined at the base and the basal lobe truncate before 

 the scutellum. 



Differs from Lyhas by the absence of coxal lines, the truncate 

 lobe of the thorax, the form of the mentum, the dilated tibiae, etc. 



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