the Coleopterous Family Evotylidce. (177) 553 

 Priotelus equestris. 



Priotelus eqiiestris, Lac. Erot. 495. 

 Cayenne (Lacordaire). 



Var. amazonicus. Elytris striis subgemellatis, tibiis dimidio 

 apicali testaceis. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Priotelus lividus. 



Priotelus lividus, Lac. Erot. 496. 

 Brazil. 



Priotelus calceatus.* 



Priotelus calceatus, Lac. Erot. 496. 

 Cayenne. 



Priotelus femoralis. 



Bacis femoralis, Kirsch, B. E. Z. 1865, 102. 



Bogota, Venezuela. 



{J pnncto piligero ventrali. 



This is "P. nigrocalceatus," Chev. MS. 



Priotelus limbatus, sp. n. 



Late ovatus, subdepressus, niger, nitidus, antennis articulis 

 1 — 2 testaceis; capite thoraceque bmmneis, hoc transverso, angulis 

 anticis acutis, lateribus fere rectis, basi utrinque paulo obliquo, 

 punctato, ante scutellum nigro; elytris brunneis, undique anguste 

 ochraceo-limbatis, punctato-striatis (striis subgemellatis) apice pro- 

 ducto rotundato ; epipleuris ochraceis; corpora subtus punctulato, 

 prosterno obscure rufo. L. 5i lin. 



Guayaquil. 



The prosternum is compressed at the anterior margin. 



Priotelus jucundus. 



Priotelus jucimdus, Lac. Erot. 497. 

 Cayenne. 



Altogether unlike the other species ; the striae are almost 

 gemellate. 



Priotelus Spinolae. 



Omoitelus Sjnnolce, Guer. Icon. R. A. Ivs. 312 (1846). 

 Columbia. 



Priotelus difficilis, sp. n. 



Ovatus, rufo testaceus, antennis (basi excepta) tibiis tarsisque 

 nigris ; thorace sublaevi, antice semicirculariter emarginato, late- 

 ribus rotundatis, basi utx'inque sinuatis, ante scutellum elongatum 

 producto ; elytris striato-punctatis (striis 7), interstitiis punctis 



