the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (145) 521 



Var, dilaceratus. 



The basal dent is abbreviated, and the 2nd fascia is produced 

 beyond the middle of the disc, the 3i-d fascia is narrower than in 

 the type. 



Columbia. 



Var. carmhieus. 



The 2nd fascia is reduced to a small snbquadrate spot, the 

 3rd is much broader and denticulate. 

 Ecuador (Buckley). 



Yar. aincicinctus. 



Besides the fascise, the whole external margin of the elytra is 

 bordered with red; in one specimen the thorax also is varied with 

 red. 



Ecuador (Buckley). 



Brachysphcemis su'bsanguineus, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, rufo-testaceus, nitidus, clypeo punctato, capita 

 macula nigricante; thorace convexo, punctulato, maculis 2 maxi- 

 mis nigris, linea discoidali margineque rufis; elytris tenuiter 

 pimctato-striatis, serie marginali fortiter impressa, margine ex- 

 terno carmineo-cincto ; fascia dentata basali (per marginem con- 

 tinuata), fascia obliqua apicem versus (ad apicem per suturam 

 continuata) carmineis ; corpore sixbtus toto rufo-testaceo. L. 4| lin. 



S. Paulo, Ega (Bates). 



Yar. disjunclus. 



Major, fascia basali discreta, thorace punctis 6 nigris. 



Santarem. 



Brachysphcenus hebraicus. 



Brachys'plio&nus hebrcdcus, Lac. Erot. 403. 

 Cayenne. 



Brachysphcenus nitidulus. 



Erotylus nitidulus, Oliv. Ent. v. 479, T. ii. f. 29. 



, Dujy. Erot. 43. 



Brachysphcenus — , Lac. Erot. 403. 

 Cayenne. 



Brachysphcenus bellulus. 



Brachysphcenus helhdus, Lac. Erot. 404. 

 Cayenne, Para. 



Brachysphcenus bajulus. 



Brachysphcenus hajidus, Lac. Erot. 413. 

 Brazil. 



