400 (114) Mr. G. 11. Crotch's Revision of 

 .ffigithus Walckenaeri. 



jEgitlms Walckenaeri, Lac. Erot. 280. 



Brazil. 



Resembling jE. chalyheus but less pyramidal. 



.ffigithus cinctipennis. 



Erotylus chwtipennis, Dup. Erot. 33, T. iii. f. 60. 



Jjjgithus , Lac. Erot. 280. 



Brazil, Nicaragua (?). 



Here the pyramidal form is entirely lost. Epipleurje concave. 



.ffigithus cyanipennis. 



uEgithus cyanipennis, Guer. R. Z. 1841, 120. 



, Lac. Erot. 279. 



comidaris, Guer. Verh. z. h. V. Wien, V. 610 (1855). 



Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 



Var. coiisularis. Elytris singulo plaga laterali obliqua rufa, 

 magiiitudine variante. 



Amazons (Bates), Ecuador (Buckley). 



This variety seems very distinct but I have seen all the pas- 

 sages. Guerin's character drawn from the scutellum is illusory. 

 The epipleurse are concave, the whole form cordate. 



B. Elytra with numerous irregularly disposed punctures. 



iEgitlius punctatissimus. 



Erotyhis punctatissimus, Fob. Syst. Ent. 123 (1775). 



. , Herhst, Natursyst. viii. 367, T. 137, 



f. 6. 



, Duj). Erot. 33, T. III. f 61. 



jEgitlms , Lac. Erot. 281. 



Surinam. 



Thorax with a few punctures along the base, presternum ele- 

 vated convex, epipleurse plane ; no coxal lines. 



-ffigithus separandus, sp. n. 



jE. punctatissimo persimilis, sed elytris colore l^ete luteo, 

 punctis impressis paulo miuoribus, magis numerosis, minus cou- 

 fluentibus distinctus videtur. L. 6 — 6h lin. 



Ecuador (Buckley). 



