the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (141) 517 

 Brachysphcenus simplex. 



Brachysphoenus shnplex, Lac. Erot. 372. 

 Brazil. 



Opaque, rather convex, stria? of elytra effaced externally'; 

 coxal Hue visible. 



Brachysplioeniis tibialis. 



Erotylus tibialis, Dup. Erot. 26, T. ii. f. 44. 

 Bracliysphoenus, Lac. Erot. 373. 

 Brazil. 



Difters by tlie elytral strite being entire, and the scutellum 

 black. 



BrachysplicBnus lateripunctatus, sp. n. 



Ovatus, rufo-testaceus, nitidus, caj^ite punctulato, antice late 

 impresso ; thorace piano, fere Isevi, basi lobato, lateribus vix rotun- 

 datis; elytris punctato-striatis (striis 7), lateribus confuse punc- 

 tatis, macula nigra subquadrata laterali in medio ; corpore subtus 

 rufo-testaceo, antennis tibiisque nigris. L. 5|^ lin. 



Ecuador (Buckley), Amazons (Bates). 



Coxal line visible. 



M. Ovate convex species ; thorax convex without any basal 

 fovea ; coloration generally black and yellow, thorax nearly always 

 black (Barytopios, Lac). 



Brachysphcenus flavofasciatus. 



Erotylus Jlavofasciatus, Dup. Erot. 14, T. i. f. 18. 



Brachysph<x,nus , Lac, Erot. 386. 



Brazil. 



Surface finely alutaceous; no coxal line. 



Var. Thorace angulis leete flavis, elytris fasciis latioribus, 

 externe confluentibus. 



Brachysphcenus epipleuralis, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, niger, palpis maxillaribus Isate ochraceis, 

 elytris fasciis 2 latioribus ej^ipleurisque (apice excepta) flavis; 

 capite thoraceque punctulatis, hoc punctis panels majoribus ad 

 basin; elytris, punctato-striatis (striis 7), fascia prima basali ad 

 suturam interrupta a macula triangulari scutellari; fascia secunda 

 ([3one medium) recta ad suturam interrupta. L. 5 1 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



