the Coleopterous Familij Eroti/Udce. (170j 5.)5 

 Priotelus lineatulus, sp. n. 



' Sat lateovatus, testaceiis, autennis (basi excepta) nigris; thorace 

 sequali, transverso, lateribus rotundatis, obsolete punctulato, antice 

 angustato; elytris punctato-striatis (striis 7, gemellatis), pallide 

 ochraceis, vittis 3 fuscis apice intus curvatis, lituraque parva sub- 

 scutellari. L. 3| lin. 

 Amazons (Bates). 



Allied to F. minor, prosternum compi-essed in front, anterior 

 legs short, inner edge of elytral epipleurte margined with black. 

 In this species the pairs of stride are 1 — 2, 3 — 4, 5 — 6 instead of 

 2 — 3, 4 — 5, as usiial. 



Priotelus rugithorax, sp. n. 



Ovatus, subconvexus, croceus ; tibiis nigris ; thorace sequali, 

 subtransverso, fortiter subrugose punctate, basi fei'e truncato, 

 ante scutellum paulo prodiicto; elytris ochraceis, punctato-striatis 

 (striis 7) interstitiis lateribusque crebre fortius punctatis, corpore 

 subtus vix punctulato, prosterno antice compresso. L. 4i lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Very distinct by the punctuation. 



Priotelus festivus. 



Brachysphoenus festivtis, Lac. Erot. 332. 

 Mexico. 



Tapinotarsus. 



Kirsch, B. E. Z. 1865, 100 {typ. maculatus, Kirsch). 



I have not seen the type, but a specimen from the Amazons 

 obviously belongs to this genus. The principal characters are the 

 short anterior femora, and nari'ow third joint to the tarsi, the 

 posterior tarsi also have the first joint extremely elongate. It is 

 very near the small Prioteli, P. minor etc. ; but the punctuation, 

 though hardly a generic character, may serve to separate it ; there 

 are no striae, but the black markings are surrounded each by a 

 ring of punctures. 



Tapinotarsus maculatus. ' 



Tapinotarszis maculatus, Kirsch, B. E. Z. 1805, 101. 

 Bogota. 



Tapinotarsus multinotatus. 



Bracliyspliosnus multinotatus, Lac. Erot. 330. 

 Cayenne. 



This is evidently very nearly allied to and congeneric Math 

 T. Kirschii, but even the sutural .stria is obsolete. 



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