the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. {Qo) 441 

 Mycotretus Guatemala, sp. n. 



M. psittaco affinis, sed paxilo angustior, fascia apicali latiore, 

 fascia basali integra, punctisque 2 in basin nigris. L. 4| lin. 

 Guatemala. 



Mycotretus polyophthalmus. 



Mycotretus 'polyoiildhalmus, Lac. Erot. 163. 

 Cayenne, Venezuela. 



Elytra strongly punctate-striate, with tlie extreme apex some- 

 times testaceous. 



Mycotretus bisseptemguttatuSj sp. n. 



M. p>oJyophthalmo proximus, sed tborace scutelloque totis 

 rufo-testaceis, elytrisque singulis maculis albis 7 ; 2 basalibus 

 (1 subliumerali), 2 ante medium, 2 pone medium, 1 subapicali 

 (apice ipso nigro). L. 3| lin. 



Cayenne. 



The spots are large and arranged transvei'sely, not obliquely as 

 in M. polyopldhalnms. 



Mycotretus ocellatus. 



Erotylus ocellatus, Germ. Ins. Sp. Nov. 613 (1824). 



12-guttatus, Bup. Erot. 24, T. ii. f. 38 (1825). 



Mycotretus , Lac. Erot. 164. 



Brazil, Fonteboa (Bates), St Catherina, Pebas. 

 Interstitial punctuation very fine, obsolete. 



Mycotretus hilaris. 



Mycotretus hilaris, Lac. Erot. 171. 

 Brazil. 



Mycotretus sannio. 



Mycotretus sannio, Lac. Erot. 169. 



Brazil. 



My specimen is more mature and darkei", being of a brownish 

 red with paler markings, the thorax also is distinctly punctulate. 

 I regard it as a variety of M. hilaris. 



Mycotretus aestuans. 



Mycotretus cestuans, Lac. Erot. 170. 



Brazil. 



I have not seen the type, but identify a specimen communi- 

 cated by Mr Sheppard with this species. Further material would 

 in all probability unite it with M. hilaris. 



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