Mr. W. L. Distant on Neotropical PeiitatouiiJLe. 2-43 



Polytes fenestra. 



Poly tes fenestra, Bredd. Soc. Ent. xviii. p. 122 (1903) ; Schout. iu 

 Wytsm. Gen. lus. fasc. xxiv. pi. iii. %. 4 (1904). 



Var. — Differs from the typical form as figured by Schou- 

 teden in having the central black longitudinal fascia to the 

 scutellum obliquely branching on each side near middle to 

 lateral margins. 



Hab. E. Peru,- Marcapata (Brit. Mus.). 



PoJytes rubromaculatus, sp. u. 



Black; pronotum with tlie lateral margins very narrowly 

 ochraceous and with two large suboblong sanguineous spots 

 on each side of middle and which nearly reach base, but only 

 extend a little beyond middle anteriorly ; scutellum with an 

 oblique sanguineous fascia on each side near base and two more 

 longitudinal sanguineous fascite, somewhat close together, on 

 apical area; body beneath and legs shining blackish; an- 

 tennae piceouSj first, second, and third joints short, almost 

 subequal in length, fourth and fifth joints much longer and 

 about subequal in length ; head thickly coarsely punctate ; 

 pronotum and scutellum thickly punctate, but less so on the 

 sanguineous spots ; rostrum brownish ochraceous, the apical 

 joint black; body beueath thickly, rather finely punctate, 

 posterior margins of the sixth and anal segments ocliraceous ; 

 lateral margins of the prosternum very narrowly ochraceous. 



Long. 8 mm, 



Hab. Ecuador ; Santa Inez {R. Haensch, Brit. Mus.). 



Polytes leopardinus, sp. n. 



Head black ; pronotum and scutellum sanguineous, longi- 

 tudinally striped with black ; pronotum with six longitudinal 

 black stripes, the lateral ones broadest, the two central ones 

 more or less fused and obliquely widened posteriorly, ex- 

 treme lateral margins narrowly ochraceous ; scutellum with 

 six longitudinal black stripes, the outermost short and oblique 

 on basal area, intermediate stripe discontinuous, the two 

 central stripes continuous, more longitudinal, and broadened 

 at their bases ; body beneath and legs black, a lunate spot 

 at apex of abdomen_, two contiguous spots near anterior 

 margin and the lateral margins (narrowly) of prosternum, and 

 costal spots ochraceous ; rostrum piceous, buccul^e ochra- 

 ceous ; head thickly punctate : autenncC mutilated in tvpical 



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