the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (129) 505 

 BrachyspliCEnus deficiens, sp. n. 



B. meleagridi persimilis, sed elj'tris singulis maculis sex tan- 

 tum hiteis (2 apicalibiis deficientibus) distinctus. L. 3 lin. 

 Amazons (Bates). 



Brachysphoenus oMiqueguttatus, sp. n. 



Ovatus. rufescens, oculis prominentibus, clypeo sat magno, 

 fronte lateribus iucrassatis ; tliorace brevi, subtilissime jjunctulato, 

 piano, antice in medio nigro-marginato ; elytris obsolete punc- 

 tato-striatis, singulis maculis 4 luteis nigro-cinctis, 1 basali prope 

 scutellum, 1 pone humerum prope marginem, 1 elongata prope 

 suturam pone medium, 1 rotundata prope marginem apicem versus. 

 L. 3 lin. 



Brazil. 



Intermediate coxal line abbreviate, deeply impressed. 



BrachysphoEmus melanostictus, sp. n. 



Ovatus sat convexus, ochraceus subtus testaceus, capita 

 ante oculos utrinque lineola inipi-essa; tborace piano, punctulato, 

 antice in medio nigro-marginato ; scutello nigro ; elytris punc- 

 tato-striatis, striis ante apicem evanesoentibus, singulis maculis 

 4 subquadi-atis nigris ; 2 prope suturam (1 ante, 1 pone medium), 

 inferiore elongata, 2 transverse positis in medium, prope mar- 

 ginem (interiore elongata) ; corpore subtus testaceo, tibiis nigris. 

 L. 4| lin. 



Ecuador (Buckky), 



Distinct by the 3-jointed club to tlie antennae and the impressed 

 head, which resembles Coccimorphus. 



Brachysphoenus tetrastictus, sp. n. 



Ovatus, rufo-testaceus, capite antice utrinque leviter impi-esso, 

 frontis marginibus incrassatis ; thorace punctulato, piano ; scutello 

 nigro ; elytris punctato-striatis, tenuissime nigro-marginatis, sin- 

 gulis maculis 4 rotu.ndatis nigris, subocellatis ; 1 prope suturam, 

 ad quartam, 1 prope marginem, ad tertiam, 1 discoidali, in medio, 

 1 prope suturam pone medium. L. 4| lin, 



Amazons (Bates). 



Intermediate coxal line visible. Antennae with a 3-jointed club. 

 Eather like B. 7iielanostictus, but the spots equal-sized and the 

 colour rufescent. 



BrachysphcBnus mendax.* 



Brachysphmnus merulax, Lac. Erot. 321. 



litigiosus, Lac. Erot. 322. 



Rio Janeiro, Brazil (Lacordaire). 



MM 



