the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (145) 521 



"Var. dilaceratus. 



The basal dent is abbreviated, and tlie 2nd fascia is produced 

 beyond the middle of the disc, the 3rd fascia is narrower than in 

 the type. 



Columbia. 



Var. carmhieus. 



The 2nd fascia is reduced to a small subquadi'ate spot, the 

 3rd is much broader and denticulate. 

 Ecuador (Buckley). 



Var. apicicinctus. 



Besides the fasciae, the whole external margin of the elytra is 

 bordered with red; in one specimen the thorax also is varied with 

 red. 



Ecuador (Buckley). 



Brachysphcenus subsanguineus, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, rufo-testaceus, nitidus, clypeo punctato, capite 

 macula nigricante; thorace convexo, punctulato, maculis 2 maxi- 

 mis nigris, linea discoidali margineque rufis; elyti'is tenuiter 

 piinctato-striatis, serie marginali fortiter impressa, margine ex- 

 terno carmineo-cincto j fascia dentata basali (per marginem con- 

 tinuata), fascia obliqua apicem versus (ad apicem per suturam 

 continuata) carmineis ; corpore siibtus toto rufo-testaceo. L. 4 J lin. 



S. Paulo, Ega (Bates). 



Var. disjunctus. 



Major, fascia basali discreta, thorace punctis 6 nigris. 



Santarem. 



Brachysphcenus hebraicus. 



Brachysphcenus hebraicus, Lac. Erot. 403. 

 Cayenne. 



Brachysphcenus nitidulus. 



Erotylus nitidulus, Oliv. Ent. v. 479, T. ii. f. 29. 



, Duj). Erot. 43. 



Brachysphcenus — , Lac. Erot. 403. 

 Cayenne. 



Brachysphcenus bellulus. 



Brachysphcenus hdhdus, Lac. Erot. 404. 

 Cayenne, Para. 



Brachysphcenus bajulus. 



Bvachysph<x,ni(jS bajulus, Lac. Erot. 413. 

 Brazil. 



NN 



