the Coleopteroiis Famihj Erotylidce. (157) 533 

 Erotylus elongatulus, sp. n. 



Elongatus, postice dilatatus, ater, siibnitidus; tliorace breviore, 

 angusto, obsolete punctato ; elytris crebre punctulatis, obsoletis- 

 sime gemellato-striatis ; lineis transversis 4 (per paria approxi- 

 matis) annuloque apicali rufis; lineis basalibus oblique sitis, ad 

 suturam junctis. L. 131in. 



Patria ignota. 



Erotylus imperfectus, sp. n. 



Ovatus, niger, nitidus ; elytris dorso gemellato-, lateribus vage 

 punctatis, maculis siibconfiuentibus Isete rutb-flavis (basin versus 

 raris, infra medium fascia irregulari formantibus), margine epipleu- 

 risque (liumeris exceptis) rufo-flavis. L. 8 lin. 



Ecuador (Buckley). 



The unique specimen has unfortunately lost its liead and 

 thorax. 



Erotylus subreticulatus. 



Erotylus subreticulatus, Guer. R. Z. 1841, 115. 



, Lac. Erot. 443. 



Bolivia, Amazons (Bates), Peru (Erichson). 

 Easily recognizable by its punctuation. 



(J segmento Imo ventrali fovea piligera. 



Erotylus melanostictus, sp. n. 



Ovatus, niger, nitidus, elytris Isete flavis basi anguste apiceque 

 nigris, punctis profundis nigris sparsis impressis ; epipleuris flavis 

 basi apiceque nigris. L. 8| lin. 



Amazons (Bates), Panama (Sheppard). 



This has the irregular punctuation of the 2nd group and the 

 outline of a Barytopus, but is evidently allied to E. subreticulatus. 



Erotylus gemmatus. 



Erotylus gemmatus, Fab. Ent. Syst. 2. 38. 



, Lac. Erot. 437. 



Cayenne. 



Distinct by its form which is rather pyramidal, being flattened 

 in front and obliquely so at the sides. I can detect no sexual 

 difference in the specimens before me. 



Erotylus cassidoides, sp. n. 



Cyaneus, nitidus, breviter ovatus, postice acuminatus, lateribus 

 late explanatis ; capite biimpresso, punctato ; thorace insequali, 

 punctato, brevi ; elytris fortiter punctatis, dorso subgemellato- 



