26 PRIONIDiE. 



eacli el3'tron an angled spot ; when the elytra are closed these 

 spots form a spear-shaped mark ; antennaj black. 



Var. 5. M. scutellatus (thoracicus). Head above and on 

 the sides black ; thorax yellow, Avith a black spot in the mid- 

 dle ; scutellum and elytra uniform black ; antennae black. 



Var. 6. M. SCUTELLATUS (bicolor). Similar to last, differing 

 in the sides of head being yellow, and in the thorax being en- 

 tirely yellow. 

 These six varieties were found by Mr. Dyson in Venezuela, 



46. HOMALOPTERUS. 

 Homalopterus, Perty, Del. An. Art. 88. 



1. Homalopterus tristis. 



Homalopterus tristis, Perty, Del. An. Art. 89. t. 18. f. 1. 

 Hab. Brazil (Mountains of Prov. Miuas). 



47. MEROSCELISUS. 

 Meroscelisus, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 157- 



1. Meroscelisus violaceus. B.M. 



Meroscelisus -violaceus, Dej Cat. 343. 

 Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 158. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



2. Meroscelisus apicalis, n. s. B.M. 

 M. violaceo-ater ; antennis nigris, articuHs quinque ultimis fer- 



rugineis et striatis ; abdomine subtus subfusco. 



Of a very dark violet-black, thickly but indistinctly punctured ; 

 antennae black, shining, the last five joints ferruginous and stri- 

 ated. AbdouK^n beneath somewhat brown ; tarsi witli the last 

 two joints ferruginous. 



Hab. Brazil. 



3. Meroscelisus cyanescens. B.M. 

 Meroscehsus cyanescens, Dej. Cat. p. 343. Chevr. Coll. 



Hab. Brazil. 



48. CHARIEA. 



Chariea, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 197- 



