the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (159) 535 

 Erotylus Theodori. 



Erotylus uni/asciatus\\y Lac. Erot. 433 (1842); nee Fab. Ent. 

 Syst. Supp. 101 (1798). 

 Columbia. 



Erotylus rufipes, sp. n. 



Ovatus, ater, nitidus, ore femoribusque rubris ; tborace brevi, 

 punctulato, interduin obscure rufo-limbato ; eljtris nigris, dorse 

 gemellato-striatis, maculis nigris subtessellatis ; epipleuris nigris. 

 L. 61- lin. 



Bogota (Janson). 



Very like E. Nicaraguce, but with the femora red ; the thorax 

 is short with the sides rounded, while in E. Nicaraguce they are 

 straight. 



Erotylus maculiventris. 



Erotylus maculiventris, Lac. Erot. 444. 



Columbia, Ecuador (Buckley), Pebas, Peru (Erichson). 



(5 segmento Imo ventrali fovea piligera. 



Erotylus nigrotibialis, sp. n. 



E. maculiventri simillimus sed tibiis totis nigris ; elytrorumque 

 margine rubro, maculis elytrorum minus quadratis, etc. L. 5 — 8^ 

 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Erotylus flavangulus, sp. n. 



E. maculiventri similis, sed brevior, magis ovatus, margine 

 basi et infra medium flavo, elytris nigris maculis irregularibus 

 rufis, antice et postice sitis, medio nigro. L. 6 — 8 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



The markings are very near those of E. pustulatus. 



B. Bostrum basi coarctato; elytris irregulariter punctatis, 

 punctis nigris. 



Erotylus parcepunctatus, sp. n. 



Breviter ovatus, postice acuminatus, niger, nitidus, thorace 

 subopaco, insequali, obsolete punctulato, basi utrinque fovea punc- 

 tata; elytris fasciis 2 latis nigro-irroratis denticulatis (1 prope 

 basim, 1 paulo infra medium) ochraceis ; epiplenris macula basali 

 ochracea. L. 7| — 8 lin, 



$ puncto ventr'ali piligero. 



