514 (138) Mr. G. R. Crotch's Revision of 

 Brachysphoenus ruficeps. 



Erotylus ruficeps, Guer. R. Z. 1841, 118. 

 Brachysjihoimis — , Lac. Erot. 359. 

 Columbia, Bolivia, Peru. 



A- very variable species. The thorax has a well-marked basal 

 fovea. 



Brachysphoenus haematocephalus. 



Brachysphoenus hcmiatocephalus, Lac. Erot. 361. 

 Columbia. 



Elytra with a large oblong-quadi-ate black spot; no coxal Hue; 

 metasternum finely punctate and spai'ingly pvibescent. 



Brachysphoenus glyptoderus. 



Brachysphoenus glyptoderus, Lac. Erot. 361. 



Columbia, Ecuador (Buckley), Pebas (Bates), 



Nearly as variable as B. ruficeps. Underside as in B. hcema- 

 tocephalus ; the impressions on the thorax seem constant ; the 

 elytra are deeply striate, externally irregularly punctate. 



Brachysphoenus Klugii. 



Brachysphoenus Klugii, Lac. Erot. 362. 



Brazil, Chili (Germain). 



The thorax is elongate and scarcely perceptibly narrowed in 

 front; no coxal line; elytra nearly smooth; metasternum canalicu- 

 late, opaque, not punctate ; antennae very short. 



Brachysphoenus quadrisignatus. 



Erotylus \-signatus, Dup. Erot. 42, T. in. f. 86. 



Brachysphoenus — , Lac. Erot. 363. 



Brazil. 



Brachysphoenus limbatus. 



Erotylus limbatus, Oliv. E. M. vi. 437 (1791). 



. , Oliv. Ent. v. 477, T. II. £ 25. 



, Fab. Ent. Syst. i. 2. 39 (1792)— ^V^- El. 



II. 7. 



, Ilhst. Natursyst. Col. viii. 379. 



, Dup. Erot. 42, T. in. f 85. 



Brachyi<phoenii,s - , Lac. Erot. 364. 

 Cayenne. 



Head and thorax punctulate ; strite of the elytra gemellatej 

 no coxal line. 



