the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (133) 509 



Intermediate coxal line very short; club of antennae 3 -jointed, 

 Oth joint elongate-triangular, longer than the 10th; eyes small; 

 striae of the elytra effaced externally. 



BrachysphcBims bisignatus. 



Erotyhis bisignatus, Guer. i?. ^. 1841, 115. 



Brachysjihcenus — , Lac. Erot. 335. 



Columbia. 



Closely allied to B. dispilotus. 



BrachysphcBnus oblongosignatus. 



Brachysphoenus oblongosignatus, Guer. B. A. Ins. 311. 



Columbia. 



No coxal lines ; the prosternum is a little less strongly keeled. 



Brachysphoeims ecuadorensis, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ellipticus, testaceus, antennis pedibusque (femoribus 

 basi exceptis) nigris; thorace punctulato, basi utrinque sinuato, 

 antice leviter emarginato, sat fortiter angustato; scutello rufo-tes- 

 taceo; elytris nitidis, griseis, tenue nigro-marginatis, epipleurig 

 nigris, dorso punctato-striato, paulo pone medium macula irregulari 

 subquadi'ata pallid e cincta. L. 5 lin. 



Ecuador (Buckley). 



Resembles B. bisignatus, but the prosternum is much les3 

 developed, and the intermediate coxal line is present. 



G. Thorax transverse, flat; tarsi rather robust, the first joint 

 very rarely elongate. (Ipkiclus, Lac.) 



Brachysphoenus sexpunctatus. 



Erotylus Q-punctatus, Dup. Erot. 39, T. iii. f. 78. 

 Brachysphoenus — , Lac. Erot. 337. 

 Brazil. 



No coxal line; thorax with some coarser punctures on each 

 side at the base; elytra gemellate striate-punctate, 



Brachysphoenus varians. 



Brachysphoenus varians, Lac. Erot. 344. 

 M-nigrum, Lac. Erot. 346. 



Brazil. 



Differs from the other species by the well-marked punctate 

 fovea at the base of the thorax, the externally incomplete rect- 

 angular sutures of the prosternum, the very short coxal line, and 

 the gemellate strise. 



B. M-nigrum is a pale form. 



