558 (182) . Mr. G. R. Crotch's Revision of 



Traces of gemellate punctuation are visible in some examples. 

 The disc of the thorax has the appearance of having been sulcate 

 and since filled up. 



Var. tibiis apice flavis. (Amazons). 



Phricobacis Batesii, sp. n. 



Rufo-testaceus, oblongus, antennis (basi excepta) tibiis tavsis- 

 que nigris, elytris pallide ochraceis; thorace subsequali punctulato, 

 basi punctis paucis majoribus; elytris confertim punctatis, obsolete 

 geminato-punctatis ; subtus rufo-testaceus, punctulatus. L. 5| — 

 6^ lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



(J puncto ventrali piligero. 



Phricobacis pulcher, sp. n. 



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

 tibiis (apice rufo) tarsisque nigris; thorace elytrisque Itete viridi- 

 bus (post mortem ochraceis) maculis rufo-piceis; illo subpequali, 

 punctulato, lateribus valde rotundatis, punctis 8 rufo-brunneis (4 

 discoidalibus, antice concavis, 4 sub-basalibus) ; elytris fortius minus 

 confertim subrugose punctatis, dorso subgeminatis, singulo macu- 

 lis 9 rufo-brunneis; 1 sub-humerali, 1 obliqua majore, prope scu- 

 tellum, 1 discoidali sat magna ante medium, 3 mediis (2 externis 

 fere junctis, interno majore elongato subsuturali), 1 parvo discoi- 

 dali, 2 approximatis subapicalibus. L. 5|^ — G lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



$ puncto ventrali piligero. 



Phricobacis Ratzeburgii.* 



Erotylus Ratzeburgii, Lac. Erot. 449. 

 Brazil. 



Phricobacis marginatus.* 



Omoiotelus mai'ginatus, Guer. R. Z. 1841, 119. 



Bacis , Lac. Erot. 505. 



Bolivia. 



Phricobacis rufolimbatus, sp. n. 



Oblongus, fortiter convexus, niger, subnitidus, capite antice, 

 elytrorum epipleuris margine externo suturaque Ifete rufis; thorace 

 insequali, undique punctato, lateribus rotundatis, basi utrinque 

 sinuato ; elytris fortiter subrugose dorso subseriatim punctatis, 

 apice obscure rufo; abdomine subtus punctulato, prosterno mar- 

 gine antico elevato in medio. L. 7 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



