150 Mr. Crotch's Descrijitionfi of Erotylidce. 



Erichson (Arch. f. Nat. xiii., p. 177) has separated the 

 2nd section — without a carinate prosternum — under the 

 name of Frepopharus, but I do not see that this is neces- 

 sary. 



The males have not the pilose spot on the first ventral 

 segment, and in other respects it is very near Brachij- 

 sphmmis. 



26. Scaphidomorphus xanthomelas, sp. nov. 



Ovatus, testaceus, subloevis, capitis vertice, antennis, 

 geniculis, tibiis, tarsisque nigris ; thorace fascia abl)reviata 

 antica, margine basali (utrinque recurva) fere ad angulos 

 posticos, nigris ; elytris l?ete flavis, margine externo tenue, 

 fasciis duabus utrinque abbreviatis, paulo obliquis (1 sub- 

 basilari, 1 in medio), maculaque triangulari (puncto fusco 

 includente) nigris. L. c. 4^ lin. 



HOMOEOTELUS {Hope), Eev. Zool. 1841, p. 112 (scripsit 



Omoiotelus). 



(Type Erot. testaceus, F.) 



27. Homocotelus confusus, sp. 7iov. 



IT. testaceo affinis, sed minor, magis depressus, regulariter 

 ovatus, thorace scabro-punctato, scutello rufo, elytris baud 

 flavo-marginatis, femoribus apice extus, tibiis tarsisque 

 nigris. L. c. 5h-Qh lin. 



The above diagnosis is drawn up from a specimen from 

 Guatemala, with which the Chontales examples coincide 

 exactly, as do likewise others extant in my collection from 

 Costa Kica, in the specimens from Venezuela the femora 

 are entirely red. 



28. Homocotelus Jansoni, sp. nov. 



H. mexicano affinis sed corpore abrupte ovato, antice 

 posticeque magis acuminato, colore laete aurantiaco, (scu- 

 tello nigro), thorace longiore, antennis longioribus, inter- 

 stitiisque elytrorum distinctius punctulatis facile dis- 

 tinguendus, L. c. 4^ lin, 



