558 (182) Mr. G. R. Crotch's Revision of 



Traces of geuiellate punctuation are visible in some examples. 

 The disc of the thorax has the appearance of having been sulcate 

 and since tilled up. 



Var. tibiis apice flavis. (Amazons). 



Phricobacis Batesii, sp. n. 



Rufo-testaceus, oblongus, antennis (basi excepta) tibiis tarsis- 

 que nigris, elytris pallide ochraceis; thorace subsequali punctulato, 

 basi punctis paucis majoribus; elytris confertim punctatis, obsolete 

 geminato-punctatis ; subtus rufo-testaceus, punctulatus. L. 5| — 

 ^ lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



$ puncto ventrali piligero. 



Phricobacis pulcher, sp. n. 



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

 tibiis (apice rufo) tarsisque nigris; thorace elytrisque Icete viridi- 

 bus (post mortem ochraceis) maculis rufo-piceis; illo subrequali, 

 punctulato, lateribus valde rotundatis, punctis 8 rufo-bi'unneis (4 

 discoidalibus, antice concavis, 4 sub-basalibus) ; elytris fortius minus 

 confertim subrugose punctatis, dorso subgeminatis, singulo macu- 

 lis 9 rufo-brunneis ; 1 sub-humerali, 1 obliqua majors, prope scu- 

 tellum, 1 discoidali sat magna ante medium, 3 mediis (2 externis 

 fere junctis, interno majore elongato subsuturali), 1 parvo discoi- 

 dali, 2 approximatis subapicalibus. L. 5i — 6 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



(5 puncto ventrali piligero. 



Phricobacis Ratzeburgii.* 



Erotylus Ratzeburgii, Lac. Erot. 449. 

 Brazil. 



Phricobacis marginatus.* 



Omoiotelus juarginatus, Guer. B. Z. 1841, 119. 



Bads , Lac. Erot. 505. 



Bolivia. 



Phricobacis rufolimbatus, sp. n. 



Oblongus, fortiter convexus, niger, subnitidus, capite antice, 

 elytrorum epipleuris margine externo suturaque Itete rufis; thorace 

 insequali, nndique pxinctato, lateribus rotundatis, basi utrinque 

 sinuato ; elytris fortiter subrugose dorso subseriatim punctatis, 

 apice obscure rufo; abdomine subtus punctulato, prosterno mar- 

 gine antico elevato in medio. L. 7 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



