510 (1£4) Mr. G. R. Crotch's Remsion of 



Brachysphcenus rubidus. 



Erotylus rubidus, Dup. Erot. 30, T. li. f. 53. 



Jirachysph(je.nus- , Lac. Erot. 331. 



Brazil. 



Differs from B. 6-punctatus by the presence of a coxal line, and 

 by the prosternum being slightly coni])resse(i forming a point on 

 the anterior margin. The interstices of the elytra are distinctly 

 punctulate. 



Brachysphcenus flavovittatus. 



Erotylus Jlavovittatus, Dup. Erot. 30, T. ii. f. 55. 



Brachysphoenus — , Lac. Erot. 339. 



Brazil. 



Coxal line present, thorax with a punctured fovea at the base. 

 The 1st joint of the posterior tarsi does not a^jpear to me shorter 

 than usual. 



Brachysphcenus tenuecinctus. 



BracJiysphoenus tenuecinctus, Lac. Erot. 31:0. 

 Brazil, Upper Amazons. 



Brachysphcenus sedecimmaculatus. 



Erotyhis \Q-maculatus, Buq. R. Z. 1840, 173. 



Bnu'hysph(x,nus , Lac. Erot. 349. 



Columbia. 



Coxal line very short; head produced, clypeus punctate ; thorax 

 punctulate, base with a few coarser punctures. 



Var. coticentinta. Smaller, with the elytra more deeply striate, 

 the spots much paler and smaller, the thorax less foveolate at the 

 base. 



Brachysphcenus sedecimpustulatus. 



Brachysphcenus \^-p)Ustulatus, Lac. Erot. 349. 



Amazon (Bates). 



Guerin's type was not in his collection in 1872, and the speci- 

 men from the Amazon has no spots on the thorax, but it agrees in 

 all other respects. 



Brachysphcenus basalis, sp. n. 



B. 1 Q-pustulato affinis, sed elytris singulis linea transversali 

 basali albida nigro-cincta, maculisque sex albidis late nigro-cinctis. 

 L. ^ lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



[These 4 species all have the spots arranged in a similar manner 

 and may possibly be varieties; they appear to be rare in collections.] 



