the Coleo])terous Family Erotylidce. (143) 519 

 Brachysphoeiius Brongniarti. 



Brachys])hce,nus Brongniarti, Lac. Erot. 397. 



Var. , fasciato-punctatus, Lac. Erot. 396. 



Columbia, Bolivia. 



B. fasciato-punctatus is a variety with the basal bands much 

 reduced. 



Brachysphoenus distinctus. 



Erotylus distinctus, Dup. Erot. 44. 

 BrachyspKo&nus — , Lac. Erot. 394. 

 Cayenne. 



Rather broad and depressed ; clypeus deeply punctate ; elytra 

 with a marginal row of punctures; coxal line visible. 



Brachysphoenus eburneus, sp. n. 



B. distincto afEnis, sed paulo minor, elytris dimidio basali 

 eburneo, fascia denticulata sat lata communi nigra, externe abbre- 

 viata, punctisque 2 externis nigris. L. 5 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



This is very like distinctus except that the black has further 

 invaded the elytra. 



Brachysphoenus adustus. 



Erotylus adustus, Dup. Erot. 27, T. ii. f. 47. 



Brachysphoenus-, Lac. Erot. 395. 



Brazil. 



Closely alKed to B. distinctus. 



Brachysphoenus spectabilis.* 



Brachysphoenus spectabilis, Lac. Erot. 392. 

 Columbia. 



Brachysphoenus Venezuelse, sp. n. 



B. spectabili affinis, sed major, abdomine nigro, elytris fascia 

 prima nigra utrinque abbreviata, puncto laterali nigro ante medium, 

 punctisque duobus basalibus nigris distinctus. L. 4| lin. 



Venezuela. 



Brachysphoenus tripartitus.* 



Brachysphoenus tripartitus, Lac. Erot. 386. 



Columbia. 



Coxal line visible. 



