552 (176) Mr. G. R. Crotch's Revision of 



excavato truncate, angulo suturali baud producto, femoribus apice 

 late nigris. L. Silin. 

 Ecuador (Buckley). 



Priotelus truncatus. 



Priotelus truncatus, Lac. Erot. 499, 

 Cayenne. 



Priotelus ignobilis.* 



Priotelus ignobilis, Kirsch, B. E. Z. 1865, 102. 



Bogota. 



This is probably a pale variety of P. truncatus. 



Priotelus obsoletus, sp. n. 



Rufo-testaceus, oblongus, antennis (basi excepta) tibiisque 

 nigris ; thorace antice angustato, semicirculariter emarginato, 

 lateribus rotundatis, basin versus punctulato; elytris punctato- 

 striatis (striis 7), interstitiis vix punctulatis, lateribus crebre evi- 

 denter punctulatis. L. 5| lin. 



Bra2il. 



The elytra are obliquely truncate, the external angle acute. 



Priotelus debilis, sp. n. 



Ovatus, pallide ochraceus, antennis (basi excepta) tibiarumque 

 basi nigris; thorace lateribus rotundatis, angulis posticis acutis, 

 supra punctulato, basi ante scutellum rotundato producto ; elytris 

 punctato-striatis (striis 5), lateribus confuse crebreque punctatis, 

 fasciis 2 (1 interrupta paulo ante medium, 1 latiore infra medium) 

 obsolete fuscis. L. 4^ — 5 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Elytra truncate, external angle acute. 



Yar. elytris unicoloribus. 



Priotelus stellio.* 



Priotelus stellio, E. Arch.f. Nat. xiii. 177. 

 Peru. 



C. Elytris integris. 



Priotelus apiatus. 



Erotylus apiatus, Chev. Col. Mex. ii. 5. 



Priotelus , Lac. Erot. 428. 



Mexico. 



Lacordaire gives "Columbia" as its patria, but, I think, in- 

 correctly. 



