366 On varwus Species of the American Oiuus Astylus. 



sutural angles. The male probably has tubercles on the 

 inetastLMUum, these being present in the same sex ot the 

 nearly allied A. curvidens. The Venezuelan insect referred 

 by Gorham to his A.v'ittatus may belong here? 



39. Astylus laficauda, sp. n. 



? . Black, the elytra with an oblong spot at the base, a 

 small spot on the disc at about one-third from the tip, a 

 transverse patch midway between the latter and the apical 

 margin, and the outer margin to about the middle, orange- 

 ytdlow ; the elytra bicostnte, the apices broadly siimato- 

 tnincate, with the sutural angle produced inwardly into a 

 rather long tooth and the outer angle rounded ; the other 

 characters as in the same sex of A. gorhamij A. antillarmn, 

 Jehasi, &c. 



Length 7, breadth 3 mm. 



Hob. Venezuela {ex cull. Fry). 



One worn female, too different to be included under any of 

 the allied forms as a colour-variety (the third spot on the 

 elytra small and the second wanting altogether), owing to 

 the broadly siuuato-truncate apices of the elytra and the 

 inwardly-])roduced dentiform sutural angles. 



Alphabetical list of species and varieties of Astylus 

 enumerated in the present pai)er : the synonyms and varietal 

 names arc [irinted in italics, and the numbers of the species 

 are placed in brackets after tlu-ir respective names, an 

 asterisk indicating the new form- : — 



(i^nis (2). 



aniabilis, 34. 



annulatus (24). 



antillarum, 32. 



autis, 5. 



urmitayei (2o). 



atromaculatus, 19, 



aulicus, 7. 



hifasciatus (24). 



hissei ijuttatus (12). 



boiiplandi, 9. 



bourgeois!, 12. 

 ♦caeruleotinctus, 10. 



chiriquensis (21). 

 ♦convex us, 30. 

 *correptu.«, 28. 

 ♦curvidens, 31. 



cyanerythrus, 24. 



\'2-7nacul(itus (19), 



fasciatus (•">). 

 fe^iestratus (7). 

 Jiavofasciatus (5). 

 *foicipatus, 29. 



oayi, 2. 



gorli:!Uii, 33. 

 *lueniatosti(tus, 4. 

 *hamatilis, 37. 

 *imbricatus, 38. 



iniennedius (1). 



jatiiLyensis, 25. 

 *laticauda, 39. 

 •lebasi, 36. 



lineatus, 20. 



lougicornis (24). 



