552 (176) Mr. G. R. Crotch's Revision of 



excavate truncato, angulo suturali liaud producto, femoribus apice 

 late nigris. L. 5^ lin. 

 Ecuador (Buckley). 



Priotelus truncatus. 



Priotelus truncatus, Lac. Erot. 499. 

 Cayenne. 



Priotelus ignobilis.* 



Priotelus ignobilis, Kirsch, B. E. Z. 1865, 102. 



Bogota. 



This is probably a pale variety of P. truncatus. 



Priotelus obsoletus, sp. n. 



Rufo-testaceus, oblongus, antennis (basi excepta) tibiisque 

 nigris ; thorace antice angustato, semicirculariter emarginato, 

 lateribus rotundatis, basm versus punctulato; elytris punctato- 

 striatis (striis 7), interstitiis vix punctulatis, lateribus crebre evi- 

 denter punctulatis. L. 5^ lin. 



Brazil. 



The elytra are obliquely truncate, the external angle acute. 



Priotelus debilis, sp. n. 



Ovatus, pallide ochraceus, antennis (basi excepta) tibiarumque 

 basi nigris; thorace lateribus rotundatis, angulis posticis acutis, 

 supra punctulato, basi ante scutellum rotundato producto ; elytris 

 punctato-striatis (striis 5), lateribus confuse crebreque punctatis, 

 fasciis 2 (1 interrupta paulo ante medium, 1 latiore infra medium) 

 obsolete fuscis. L. 41 — 5 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Elytra truncate, external angle acute. 



Yar. elytris unicoloribus. 



Priotelus stellio.* 



Priotelus stellio, E. Arch. f. Nat. xiii. 177. 

 Peru. 



C. Elytris integris. 



Priotelus apiatus. 



Erotylus apiatus, Chev. Col. Mex. ii. 5. 



Priotelus , Lac. Erot. 428. 



Mexico. 



Lacordaire gives "Columbia" as its patria, but, I think, in- 

 correctly. 



