the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (153) 529 



Erotylus scenicus* 



Erotylus scenicus, Er. Arch.f. Nat. xiii. 176. 

 Peru. 



Erotylus picturatus, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, niger, nitidus, fasciis 4 (basali lutea, 2 — 3 

 externe junctis coccinjeis, 4 apicali coccinea,'fracta); elytris fortiter, 

 dorso gemellato, punctatis. L. 5^1in. 



Ecuador (Buckley). 



Yery distinct by its small size; the epipleurse ai'e red in tlie 

 middle, and not yellow at the base. 



Erotylus variegatus. 



Erotylus variegatus, Fab. S]). Ins. i. 157 (1781). 



, Lac. Erot. 439. 



Cayenne. 



3 1st ventral segment with a pilose impressed dot. 



Erotylus pretiosus. 



Erotylus pretiosus, Perty, Delect. Anim. Art. Ill, T. xxii. f. 9. 



, Lac. Erot. 440. 



B,io Negro, R. Essiquibo, Amazons, Carracas. 



Erotylus giganteus. 



CoccineUa gigantea, Linn. Syst. Nat. Ed. 10. 368 (1758). 



Erotylus , Lac. Erot. 434. 



Cayenne. 



Erotylus sexfasciatus. 



Erotylus 6-fasciatus, Fah. Ent. Syst. ii. 36 (1792). 



, Lac. Erot. 426. 



Para, Maranham. 



I am quite at a loss to understand how Lacordaire overlooked 

 the affinity of this with E. giganteus, of which it is hardly more 

 than a variety with the fulvous spots coalescing into bands. 



Erotylus incertus. 



Erotylus incertus, LcjCg. Erot. 435. 

 Cayenne. 



Very near E. gigante^is, but smaller and less convex. I am 

 very sceptical as to the validity of this species. 



