the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (177) 553 

 Priotelus equestris. 



Priotelus equestris, Lac. Erot. 495. 

 Cayenne (Lacordaire). 



Var. amazonicus. Elytris striis subgemellatis, tibiis diraidio 

 apicali testaceis. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Priotelus lividus. 



Priotelus lividus, Lac. Erot. 496. 

 Brazil. 



Priotelus calceatus.* 



Priotelus calceatus, Lac. Erot. 496. 

 Cayenne. 



Priotelus femoralis. 



Pads femoralis, Kirsch, B. E. Z. 1865, 102. 

 Bogota, Venezuela. 

 (5 puncto piligero ventrali. 

 This is "/*. nigrocalceatas,'^ Che v. MS. 



Priotelus limbatus, sp. n. 



Late ovatus, subdepressus, niger, nitidus, antennis articulis 

 1 — 2 testaceis; capite thoraceque brunneis, hoc transverse, angulis 

 anticis acutis, lateribus fere rectis, basi utrinque paiilo obliquo, 

 punctato, ante scutelhnn nigro; elytris brunneis, undique anguste 

 ochraceo-limbatis, punctato-striatis (striis subgemellatis) apice pro- 

 ducto rotundato ; epipleuris ochraceis; corpore subtus punctulato, 

 pi'osterno obscure inifo. L. 5^ lin. 



Guayaquil. 



The presternum is compressed at the anterior margin. 



Priotelus jucundus. 



Priotelus jucundus, Lac. Erot. 497. 

 Cayenne. 



Altogether unlike the other species ; the striae are almost 

 gemellate. 



Priotelus Spinolae. 



Omoitelus Spinolce, Guer. Icon. R. A. Ins. 312 (1846). 

 Columbia. 



Priotelus difficilis, sp. n. 



Ovatus, rufo testaceus, antennis (basi excepta) tibiis tarsisque 

 nigris ; thorace sublsevi, antice semicirculariter emarginato, late- 

 ribus rotundatis, basi utrinque sinuatis, ante scutellum elongatum 

 producto ; elytris striato-punctatis (striis 7), interstitiis punctis 



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