the Coleopterous Familij Eroti/lidw. (179) 555 

 Priotelus lineatulus, sp. n. 



Sat lateovatus, testaceus, an tennis (basi excepta) nigris; thorace 

 jequali, transvevso, lateribus rotunclatis, obsolete punctulato, antics 

 angustato; elytris punctato-striatis (striis 7, gemellatis), pallida 

 ocbraceis, vittis 3 fuscis apice intus cin'vatis, lituraque parva sub- 

 scutellari. L. 3| lin. 



Amazons (Bates), 



Allied to F. iriinor, prosternum compressed in front, anterior 

 legs short, inner edge of elytral epipleurfe margined with black. 

 In this species the pairs of stiise are 1 — 2, 3 — 4, 5 — 6 instead of 

 2 — 3, 4 — 5, as usual, 



Priotelus mgithorax, sp. n. 



Ovatus, subconvexns, croceus ; tibiis nigris ; thorace sequali, 

 siibtransverso, fortiter subrugose piinctato, basi fere truncato, 

 ante sciitellum paulo producto; elytris ochraceis, punctato-striatis 

 (striis 7) interstitiis lateribusque crebre fortius punctatis, corpore 

 subtus vix punctulato, prosterno antice compresso. L. 4^ lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Very distinct by the punctuation. 



Priotelus festivus. 



Brachysphoenus festivus, Lac. Erot. 332. 

 Mexico, 



Tapinotarsus. 



Kirsch, B. E. Z. 1865, 100 {typ. maculatus, Kirsch). 



I have not seen the type, but a specimen from the Amazons 

 obviously belongs to this genus. The principal characters are the 

 short anterior femora, and narrow third joint to the tarsi, the 

 posterior tarsi also have the fii'st joint extremely elongate. It is 

 very near the small FnotelL P. minor etc. ; but the punctuation, 

 though hardly a generic character, may serve to separate it ; there 

 are no striae, but the black markings are surrounded each by a 

 ring of punctures. 



Tapinotarsus maculatus.* 



Tapinotarsus inaculatus, Kirsch, B. E. Z. 1865, 101. 

 Bogota. 



Tapinotarsus multinotatus. 



Brachysphoenus multinotatus, Lac. Erot. 330. 

 Cayenne. 



This is evidently very nearly allied to and congeneric with 

 T. Kirschii, but even the sutui'al stria is obsolete. 



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