the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (157) 533 

 Erotylus elongatulus, sp. n. 



Elongatus, postice dilatatus, ater, subnitidus; thorace breviore, 

 angusto, obsolete punctato; elytris crebre punctulatis, obsoletis- 

 sime gemellato-striatis ; lineis transversis 4 (per paria approxl- 

 matis) annuloque apicali rufis ; lineis basalibus oblique sitis, ad 

 suturam junctis. L. 131in. 



Patria ignota. 



Erotylus imperfectus, sp. n. 



Ovatus, niger, nitidus ; elytris dorso gemellato-, lateribus vage 

 pnnctatis, maculis siibconfliientibus Isete rufo-flavis (basin versus 

 raris, infra medivim fascia irregixlari formantibns), margine epipleu- 

 risque (humeris exceptis) rufo-flavis. L. 8 lin. 



Ecuador (Buckley). 



The unique specimen has unfortunately lost its head and 

 thorax. 



Erotylus subreticulatus. 



Erotylus subreticulatus, Guer. R. Z. 1841, 115. 



, Lac. Erot. 443. 



Bolivia, Amazons (Bates), Peru (Erichson). 

 Easily recognizable by its punctuation. 



^ segment© Imo ventrali fovea piligera. 



Erotylus melanostictus, sp. n. 



Ovatus, niger, nitidus, elytris Isete flavis basi anguste apiceque 

 nigris, punctis profundis nigris sparsis impressis ; epipleuris flavis 

 basi apiceque nigris. L. 8| lin. 



Amazons (Bates), Panama (Sheppard). 



This has the irregular piuictuation of the 2nd group and the 

 outline of a Barytopus, but is evidently allied to E. subreticulatus. 



Erotylus gemmatus. 



Erotylus gemmatus, Fab. Ent. Syst. 2. 38. 



, Lac. Erot. 437. 



Cayenne. 



Distinct by its form which is rather pyramidal, being flattened 

 in front and obliquely so at the sides. I can detect no sexual 

 difierence in the specimens before me. 



Erotylus cassidoides, sp. n. 



Cyaneus, nitidus, breviter ovatus, postice acuminatus, lateribus 

 late explanatis ; capite biimpresso, punctato ; thoi'ace insequali, 

 punctato, brevi ; elytris fortiter piinctatis, dorso subgemellato- 



