556 (180) Mr. G. R. Crotch's Revision of 

 Tapinotarsus Kirschii, sp. n. 



Ovatus, convexus, rufo-testaceus, thorace nitido, parce puuctu- 

 lato, basi in medio nigro ; elytris ochraceis nigro signatis, sutiii'a 

 rufo-testacea, stria suturali integra, lituris transversis 15 nigris, 

 punctis cingulatis. L. 3^ lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Tlie markings are very like those of Priot. tiyrmiiiennis. 



Tapinotarsus ? brachymeroides, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, niger, capite abdomine elytrisque rufo-brun- 

 neis ; thorace brevi, sat lato, punctiilato, basi vix sinuato, elytris 

 dorso punctato-striatis, lateribus pimctomm seriebus ovatis 5 

 signatis. L. 3 — 3^ lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



The coloration is exactly that of Brachysphoenus fulvifrons, 

 from which it differs by the rostrum and smaller thorax ; the 

 punctuation is very curious and is evidently allied to that of 

 F. maculatus. 



Bacis. 



(ChevTolat) Lac. Erot. 502 (typ. 3-punctatus, Dup.). 



This genus is difficult to define ; it has the gemellate punctua- 

 tion and marginal stria of Friotelus, from which it differs by its 

 broadly ovate form, and by the structure of the prosternum which 

 is produced on either side from the coxae in a sti'aight line towards 

 the margin, the epipleurse in front being narrow, and concave, 

 while in Priotelus the sviture goes from the coxse straight to the 

 anterior margin and the epipleurse and prosternum are on one 

 plane. 



Bacis tripunctatus. 



Erotylus tripunctatus, Dup. Erot. 36, T, iii. f 71. 



Bacis , Lac. Erot. 503. 



Cayenne. 



Bacis scutellaris. 



Bacis scutellaris, Lac. Erot. 504. 

 — ambiguus, Lac. Erot. 505. 

 Cayenne. 

 B. ambiguus differs only in having the scutellum pale. 



Bacis immaculicollis, sp. n. 



Breviter ovatus, testaceus, elytris pallidis, scutello antennarum 

 clava, tibiis femoribusque extus nigro-fuscis ; thorace transverso 



