400 (114) Mr. G. R. Crotch's Revision of 



-fflgithus Walckenaeri. 



jEgithus Walckenaei'i, Lac. Erot. 280. 



Brazil. 



Resembling jE. cludyheus but less pyramidal. 



-ffigithus cinctipennis. 



Erotylus cinctipennis, Dup. Erot. 33, T. in. f. 60. 



.Egithus , Lac. Erot. 280. 



Brazil, Nicaragua (?). 



Here the pyramidal form is entirely lost. Epipleurse concave. 



-ffig-ithus cyanipennis. 



JEgithus cyanipennis, Guer. R. Z. 1841, 120. 



, Lac. Erot. 279. 



consularis, Guer. Verh. z. b. V. Wien, V. 610 (1855). 



Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 



Var. consularis. Elytris singulo plaga laterali obliqua rufa, 

 magnitudine variante. 



Amazons (Bates), Ecuador (Buckley), 



This variety seems very distinct but I have seen all the pas- 

 sages. Guerin's character drawn from the scutellum is illusory. 

 The epipleurae are concave, the whole form cordate. 



B. Elytra with numerous irregularly disposed punctures. 



-fflgitlius punctatissimus. 



Erotylus punctatissimus. Fab. Syst. Ent. 123 (1775). 



, Herbst, Natursyst. viii. 367, T. 137, 



f. 6. 



, Dup. Erot. 33, T. iii. f. 61. 



yEgithus , Lac. Erot. 281. 



Surinam. 



Thorax with a few punctures along the base, px'osternum ele- 

 vated convex, epipleurfe plane ; no coxal lines. 



-ffigithus separandus, sp. n. 



jE. pimctatissimo persimilis, sed elytris colore l?ete luteo, 

 punctis impressis paulo minoribus, magis numerosis, minus cou- 

 fluentibus distinctus videtur. L. 6 — 6| lin. 



Ecuador (Biickley). 



