the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (129) 505 

 Brachyspliceniis deficiens, sp. n. 



B. meleagridi persimilis, seel elytris singulis niacnlis sex tan- 

 turn luteis (2 apicalibus deficientibus) distinctus. L. 3 lin. 

 Amazons (Bates). 



Brachyspli(snus obliqueguttatus, sp. n. 



Ovatus. rufescens, oculis prominentibus, clypeo sat magno, 

 fronte lateribus iucrassatis ; thorace bi'evi, siibtilissime punctulato, 

 piano, antice in medio nigro-marginato ; elytris obsolete punc- 

 tato-striatis, singulis macuiis 4 luteis nigro-cinctis, 1 basali props 

 scutellum, 1 pone liumerum prope niarginem, 1 elongata prope 

 suturam pone medium, 1 rotundata prope marginem apicem versus. 

 L. 3 lin. 



Brazil. 



Intermediate coxal line abbreviate, deeply impressed. 



BrachyspiKEnus mdanostictus, sp. n. 



Ovatus sat convexus, ocliraceus subtus testaceus, capita 

 ante oculos utrinque lineola impressa; tborace piano, punctulato, 

 antice in medio nigro-marginato ; scutello nigro ; elytris punc- 

 tato-striatis, striis ante apicem evanesoentibus, singulis macuiis 

 4 subquadi-atis nigris ; 2 prope suturam (1 ante, 1 pone medium), 

 inferiore elongata, 2 transverse positis in medium, prope mar- 

 ginem (interiore elongata) ; corpore subtus testaceo, tibiis nigris. 

 L. ih lin. 



Ecuador (Bnckky). 



Distinct by the 3-jointed club to tbe antennse and the impressed 

 head, which resembles Coccimorphus. 



BrachysphoBmis tetrastictus, sp. n. 



Ovatus, rufo-testaceus, capite antice utrinque leviter impresso, 

 frontis marginibus incrassatis ; thorace punctulato, piano ; scutello 

 nigro ; elytris punctato-striatis, tenuissime nigro-marginatis, sin- 

 gulis macuiis 4 rotundatis nigris, subocellatis ; 1 prope suturam, 

 ad quartam, 1 pro})e marginem, ad tertiam, 1 discoidali, in medio, 

 1 prope suturam pone medium, h. i\ lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Intermediate coxal line visible. Antennae with a 3-jointed club. 

 Rather like B. melanostictus, but the spots equal-sized and the 

 colour rufescent. 



Brachysphoeniis mendax.* 



Brachysphoenus mendax, Lac. Erot. 321. 



litigiosus, Lac. Erot. 322. 



Rio Janeiro, Brazil (Lacordaire). 



MM 



