the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (141) 517 

 Brachysphoenus simplex. 



Brachysphcenus simplex, Lac. Erot. 372. 

 Brazil. 



Opaque, rather convex, strise of elytra effaced externally'; 

 coxal line visible. 



Brachysphcenus tibialis. 



Erotylus tibialis, Bup. Erot. 26, T. ii. f. 44. 

 Brachysphoenus, Lac. Erot. 373. 

 BrazU. 



Differs by the elytral striae being entire, and the scutellum 

 black. 



Brachysphcenus lateripunctatus, sp. n. 



Ovatus, rufo-testaceus, nitidus, capite pnnctulato, antice late 

 impresso ; tboi'ace piano, fere Isevi, basi lobato, lateribus vix rotun- 

 datis; elytris punctato-striatis (striis 7), lateribus confuse punc- 

 tatis, macula nigra subquadrata laterali in medio ; corpore subtus 

 rufo-testaceo, antennis tibiisque nigris. L. 5| lin. 



Ecuador (Buckley), Amazons (Bates). 



Coxal line visible. 



M. Ovate convex species ; thorax convex without any basal 

 fovea ; coloi-ation generally black and yellow, thorax nearly always 

 black [Barytopus, Lac). 



Brachysphoenus flavofasciatus. 



ErotyliLS fiavofasciatus, Dup. Erot. 14, T. i. f, 18. 



Brachysphoenus , Lac. Erot. 386. 



Brazil. 



Surface finely alutaceoua; no coxal line. 



Yar. Thorace angulis Isete flavis, elytris fasciis latioribus, 

 externe confluentibus. 



Brachysphoenus epipleuralis, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, niger, palpis maxillaribus laete ochraceis, 

 elytris fasciis 2 latioribus epipleurisque (apice excepta) flavis; 

 capite thoraceque punctulatis, hoc punctis paucis majoiibus ad 

 basin; elytris, punctato-striatis (striis 7), fascia prima basali ad 

 suturam interrupta a macula triangulari scutellari; fascia secunda 

 (pone medium) recta ad suturam interrupta. L. 5| lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



