15y CATALOGUE OF 



West Indies. 



23. iEiuus cuRviPES, C. 11. 114. 



«, b. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



c. South Anieiica. 



(/. Columbia. 



e. Brazil. Presented by W. VV. Saunders, Esq. 



24. J^THUS INSOLARIS, C. H. 120. 



a, b. Columbia. From M. Goudoi's collection, 

 c, (/. Venezuela. From Mr. Dysou's collection. 

 e. Brazil. 

 /. Trinidad. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



South America. 



25. jEthus nigerrimus, C. H. 112. 



a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's collection. ' 



b. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



c. </. Ega. From Mr. Bales' collection. 



26. iExHUS CTLIATUS, C. H. 117. 



a. Columbia. 



27. ^THUS LONGULUS, C. H. 119. 



a. Para. Presented by R. Grabam, Esq. 



28. J^Ithus Blanchardi. 



Blanchardi, Sign. A. S. E. F. Ame Ser. iii. 545, pi. 12, f. 11. 



Chili. 



29. JEthus Spingl^e. 



SpinolfE, Sign. A. S. E. F. Ame Ser. iii. 545, pi. 12, f. 12. 



Chili. 



30. iExHUS AMERICANUS. 



americauus, Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. 12. 

 Rio Janeiro. 



Var. ? Ferrugineus, elliplicus, robuslus, niiens ; capitis ihoracisque lalera 

 setosa ; caput oblique striatum ; antennce fulvm ; thorax sulcis duo- 

 bus transversis puncf.atis subarcuatis ; scutellum sparse punctatum ; 

 pedes crassi, rufescentes ; alee anticce punclatce, slriis quatuor punc- 

 tatis, meynbrana albida. 



Elliptical, ferruginous, stout, convex, shining, almost smooth, beset 

 with bristles along the sides of the bead and of the thorax. Head with 

 oblique striae on each side in front, rather less than half the breadth of the 

 thorax. Rostrum tawny. Antennae lawny, stout, hardly one-third of the 

 length of the body ; joints from the second to the fifth slightly and succes- 

 sively increasing in length. Thorax with two slightly curved transverse 

 furrows, which are accompanied by large punctures, one very near the 

 fore border, the other in the middle. Scutellum thinly and coarsely punc- 

 tured, a litlle longer than its breadlh ,at the base. Legs reddish, thick ; 

 tibia) with veiy stout spines. Fore wings with irregular punctures in the 



