the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (159) 535 

 Erotylus Theodori. 



Erotylus unifasciatus\\, Lac. Erot. 433 (1842); nee Fab. Ent. 

 Syst. Supj). 101 (1798). 

 Columbia. 



Erotylus rufipes, sp. n. 



Ovatus, ater, nitidus, ore femoribusque rubris ; thorace brevi, 

 punctxilato, interdum obscure rufo-limbato ; elytris nigris, dorso 

 gemellato-striatis, maculis nigris subtessellatis ; epipleuris nigris. 

 L. 61 lin. 



Bogota (Janson). 



Very like E. Nicaraguce, but witli the femora red ; the thorax 

 is short with the sides rounded, while in E. Nicaragua they are 

 straight. 



Erotylus maculiventris. 



Erotylus maculiventris, Lac. Erot. 444. 



Columbia, Ecuador (Buckley), Pebas, Peru (Erichson). 



<J segmento Imo ventrali fovea jjiligera. 



Erotylus nigrotibialis, sp. n. 



E. maculiventri simillimus sed tibiis totis nigris ; ely trorumque 

 margine rubro, maculis elytrorum minus quadratis, etc. L. 5 — 8^ 

 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Erotylus flavangulus, sp. n. 



E. maculiventri similis, sed brevier, magis ovatus, margine 

 basi et infra medium Ilavo, elytris nigris maculis irregularibus 

 rufis, antice et postice sitis, medio nigro. L. 6 — 8 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



The markings are very near those of E. pustulatus. 



B. Eostrum basi coarctato; elytris irregulaiiter punctatis, 

 punctis nigris. 



Erotylus parcepunctatus, sp. n. 



Breviter ovatus, postice acuminatus, niger, nitidus, thorace 

 subopaco, insequali, obsolete punctulato, basi utrinque fovea punc- 

 tata; elytris fasciis 2 latis nigro-irroratis denticulatis (1 prope 

 basim, 1 paulo infra medium) ochraceis ; epipleuris macula basali 

 ochracea. L. 7^ — 8 lin. 



3' puncto ventrali piligero. 



