344 Mr. G. C. Champion on various 



nolch at the ;ipex. Teginen with two h»n,i;-, widely sepavatetl, 

 straight hiliral lohes, which are fVin^'ocl with hmx hairs at 

 the tip. Pouis-aheatii stout, aciiininate ami slightly iip- 

 tiiriied at the apex. 



? . Ventral segment shorter than 5, sinij)le. 



J/(ib. Colombia ; Venezuela. 



A com 111011 iusrct in the countries quoteil. The typical 

 iorin has a transverse, anuulale red patch on the outer [)art of 

 the elytra before the middle, sometimes (var. fenestratus, 

 Pic, 1. c ) extending forward along the outer margin and up 

 the middle of the disc to the base. Examples also occur 

 with a small red spot at the base and one or two others beyond 

 the middle. The (J -characters are described from three 

 specimens dissected many years ago by Dr. Sharp. 



8. Afsfylus rnbripennis. 



Dasyies rnbripennis, Lair, in Voyage Humboldt, i. p. 178, t. 17. fig. 3. 

 Melyris [Asfylue) rubripe7i7iis, Er. in Wiegm. Archiv fiir Naturg. xiii. 

 1, p. 84. 



(J. Ventral segment 5 broadly arcuato-emaiginate, 6 with 

 an oblong excavation in the centre at the apex, and the apex 

 itself deeply emargiiiate. Tegmen with short, broad lateral 

 lobes, the apices of which are obliquely truncate and thickly 

 set with long hairs. Penis-sheath stout, gradually narrowed 

 and slightly curved at the tip. 



Hah. ? Colombia {3Ius. Brit.) ; Pi:im, Jaen de Bra- 

 camonas {Uumholdt and Bouplnnd). 



Two males in the Museum labelled " Colombia '* and ac- 

 quired in 1844, agree with Latreille's figure of D. rubripennis 

 and Erichson's subsequent description of the same species. The 

 elytia have the leddish portion of the surface more extended 

 than in A. bonjdandi, leaving a broad, posteriorly angulate 

 space at the base (enclosing an oval or oblong reddish patch), 

 a small spot on the disc towards the apex, and the sutural 

 and apical niargins black. The very different cJ -armature 

 shows ihat the two insects are distinct. 



9. A stylus honplandi. 



Melytris (Astyliis) bonplandi, Er. in Wiegm. Archiv fiir Naturg. xiii. 



1, p. 84(1847). 

 Dasytes rubripennis, var., Latr. in Voy. Humboldt, i. p. 178, t. 17. 



tig. 4. 

 Aitylus bonplandi, Bourg. Bull. Mas. Paris, 1911, p. 212. 



<? . Ventral segment 5 broadly arcuato-emarginate, 6 un- 



