the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (171) 547 



B. prmustus. Thorace antice punctis 3, postice piinctis 3 qua- 

 dratis magis remotis, uigris ; elytris fascia media in maculis 2 qua- 

 dratis divisa, fascia subapicali apice suflfusa; pedibus pallidis. L. 

 5 lin. 



Yar. Fascia media integra. 



0. zigcena. Thorace antice punctis, linea discoidali abbre- 

 viata ante scutellum, nnco utrinque nigris ; elytris punctis 3 sub- 

 basilaribus, fascia anedia (ad suturam interrupta), fascia subapicali 

 denticulata, apiceque rufo-fulvis, nigro-cinctis, tibiis basi nigris. 

 L. 5 lin. 



The subapical yellow fascia consists of 2 rounded yellow spots. 

 Varieties occur in which the thoracic hook is broken into 2 spots, 

 the basal fascia entire, the medial broken up, the markings nigro- 

 piceous, instead of being merely edged with black, etc. 



D. atrojlavus. Luteus, nigro-signatus, thorace punctis 2 qua- 

 dratis anticis, 1 utrinqvie discoidali, 3 basalibus quadratis ; elytris 

 maculis 3 sub-basalibus, fasciis 2 integris apiceque nigris ; tibiis 

 basi femoribusque extus nigris. L. 4| lin. 



Varieties occur with the side-marks of the thorax united, or 

 the subapical yellow fascia on the elytra nearly obsolete, also with 

 the distance between the 2nd and 3rd fasciae gi'eatly increased. 



E. interrwptus. Luteus, thorace punctis 4 anticis, 3 basalibus 

 subquadratis ; elytris basi tenue flavo-mai'ginato fasciaque pone 

 medium flava ; tibiis basi femoribusque extus nigi-is. L. 4 lin. 



The anterior dots on the thorax appear to be placed almost in 

 a transverse line. 



F. deficiens. Thorace unco lateral!, punctisque 3 nigris ; ely- 

 tris linea flava transversa in tertia basali ad scutellum per suturam 

 excurrente, fasciaque flava irregular! pone medium ; tibiis basi 

 femoribusque extus nigris. L, 4 lin. 



G. thoracicus. Thorace nigro, margine antico et lateral! tes- 

 taceo ; elytris nigris, fascia prope basin ad scutellum oblique 

 curvata, altera pone medium sat recta, testaceis ; pedibus ut in 

 E et F. L. 4 lin. 



H. inchoatus. Thorace punctis 2 anticis, et 2 posticis quadratis, 

 vittaque lateral! utrinque nigris; elytris nigris fascia basali jJunctis 

 2 nigris includeute, alteraque angusta pone medium flavis ; tibiis 

 basi nigris. 



The basal fascia varies much in extent ; the principal change 

 is in the decomposition of the central basal spot of the thorax. 



1. hasi'Signatus. Fulvus vertice punctis 2 nigris, thorace antice 

 punctis 2, basi punctis 4 nigris ; elytris punctis 3 sub-basalibus, 

 fascia media (spepe interrupta) tertiaque apical! nigris ; geuiculis 

 nigris. L. 3| lin. 



