520 (144) Mr. G. R Crotch's Revision of 



Brachysphoenus obsolete-signatus, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, niger, palpis ochraceis, elytris epipleurisque 

 flavo-ochraceis (tertia apicali nigra); clypeo punctato; thorace sat 

 convexo, subtiliter punctnlato, basi piinctis paucis majoribus; 

 elytx'is pimctato-striatis (striis 7), latei'ibvis confuse punctatis, singulo 

 piincto basali, 3 ante medium (suturali majore), 4 in mediO, trans- 

 verse positis, fiiscis, L. 5 lin. 



S. Paulo, Ega (Bates). 



Coxal line present. 



BrachysphcBnus hexastictus, sp. n. 



Ovatus niger, nitidus, antennis basi palpis abdoraineque rufis; 

 capite antice impresso, clypeo parce pimctato; thorace sat convexo, 

 punctulato, lateribus rotundatis, basi sinuato, punctis perjmucis 

 majoribus; elytris ocliraceo-flavis dimidio apicali nigro, singulo 

 maculis 6 nigris, punctato-striatis (striis 7) serieque marginal! 

 punctorum; abdomine subtus et metasterno in medio rufis. L. 

 4| lin. 



Ega (Bates). 



The spots are arranged thus, 3 near the base (the discoidal 

 neai'est), 1 oblique elongate near the suture, 2 transvei'se (slightly 

 oblique) parallel and the apex black. 



Var. discretus. 



Structurally identical with the type, but the external basal 

 spot of the elytra is fused with the elongate spot lying under it, 

 the 2 spots in the middle are run together into an oblique trans- 

 verse fascia, the apical half is reduced to a fourth, a narrow black 

 fascia (abbreviated on either side) being the remainder of the 

 anterior portion; thus, there are 2 basal spots, 3 oblique fasciae 

 and the apex black. 



S. Paulo (Bates). 



Brachysphoenus cerasinus.* 



BrachyspTimnus cerasinus, Lac. Erot. 400. 

 Brazil. 



Elytra almost impunctate, but the first two striae are just 

 visible; coxal line visible. 



Brachysphoenus ramosus. 



Erotylus ramosus, Oliv. Ent. v. 480, T. ii. f. 30. 



, Du2J. Erot. 27, T. II. f. 4G. 



Brachysjyhcenus -, Lac. Erot. 401. 

 Cayenne, Para (Bates). 



Meso- and meta-sternum thickly punctate in the middle; coxal 

 line visible. ^ 



