Species of the American Genus Asfcylus. 345 



divided, with a small, deep, triangular notch at the tip. Teg- 

 men with rather broad, long, lateral lobes, which are angularly 

 dilated at the apex within, the apices clothed with black hairs. 

 Penis-sheath almost straight from near the base, abruptly 

 narrowed at the tip, the narrow apical portion slightly 

 thickened distal ly. 



? . Ventral segment 6 simple, about as long as 5. 



Hub. ECUADOR (Buckley), Ohillalocha, Loja (Bourgeois), 

 San Lucas, Quito (<\v coll. Fry), ? Guayaquil (Rosenberg)', 

 Peru, Jaen de Bvacamorras (Humboldt and Bonjdand), 

 Moyabamba (ex coll. Fry), Nauta ; Bolivia. 



To judge from the labels on the numerous examples before 

 me, two or more species are confused in collections under the 

 name A. bon/dandi, after the elimination of A. rubripcnnis; 

 and it, is doubtful if much reliance can be placed on some of 

 the Ecuador locality tickets, as it is scarcely likely that an 

 insect ranges from the sea-level at Guayaquil to the elevated 

 region of Quito. A moderately large, black, thickly nigro- 

 pilose * form ; the elytra red, with a common scutellar patch, 

 an oblong patch at the shoulder (these markings sometimes 

 coalescent posteriorly), two transversely-placed spots at the 

 middle of the disc (often confluent and reaching the suture), 

 a large spot below them, the sutural and apical margins, and 

 the outer margin in part, black. In one or two examples 

 the upper surface has a faint metallic tinge. 



10. A stylus cceruleotinctus, sp. n. 



Modeiately elongate, shining, nigio-pilose ; uigro-eaeru- 

 leous, sometimes with a greenish lustre, the basal joints of 

 the antenna} rufb-maculate ; the elytra with an oval, poste- 

 riorly acuminate spot at the base, two transversely-placed 

 patches before the middle (the inner one subtriangular or 

 oval, and sometimes coalescent with the basal spot, the outer 

 one extending forward along the outer margin to the shoulder), 

 and a large, anteriorly subtruncate, complete or incomplete 

 annulus before the apex, flavescent or red. Head small, 

 somewhat deeply inserted into the prothorax, closely, finely 

 punctate, hollowed in the middle between the eyes, the latter 

 .not very prominent; antennae moderately long in ^, shorter 

 in $ . Prothorax transverse, finely punctured, the margins 

 strongly reflexed. Elytra rather broad, rounded at the apex, 

 closely, somewhat coarsely punctate, sometimes with a faint 

 costa on the inner part of the disc. Legs slender. 



* Several examples in the Fry collection are completely abraded 

 above. 



