the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (97) 473 

 Lybas axillaris. 



Lylas axillaris, Lac. Erot. 236. 



Cayenne. 



Thorax sparsely punctate. 



Lybas mycetophilus.* 



Lyhas mycetopliilus, LcijC. Erot. 237. 



Cayenne (Turin). 



Very unlike tlie other species ; thorax deeply and thickly 

 punctate, under-side deeply punctate, metasteruum. very coarsely 

 punctate, even the sides of the prosternum. punctate. 



Lybas seminulus. 



Lyhas seminulus, Lac. Erot. 237. 



Cayenne. 



Prosternum in front deeply punctate. 



Lybas pulicarius. 



Lyhas pulicarius, Lac. Erot. 238. 

 Cayenne. 



Thorax very evidently and rather closely punctate; sides of 

 metasternum with 4 — 5 deep punctures, prosternum impunctate. 



Lybas (?) carbunculus. 



Lyhas carhunculus, Lac. Erot. 238. 



Mexico. 



Thorax with a fine uniform punctuation. 



Lybas (?) corallinus. 



Lyhas corallinus, Lac. Erot. 239. 



Cayenne. 



Thorax with the basal fovea deeply punctate ; under-side smooth, 

 no posterior coxal line, intermediate line deep, extending nearly to 

 the margin. 



Mycolybas. 



g. n. (typ. lucidus, Lac). 



Differs from Mycotretus by the convex surface, no coxal lines, 

 thorax not margined at the base and the basal lobe truncate before 

 the scutellum. 



Differs from Lyhas by the absence of coxal lines, the truncate 

 lobe of the thorax, the form of the mentum, the dilated tibiae, etc. 



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