468 Mr. CuRTis's Descriptions oj 



*126. Nycterinus RUGicEPS, Om;-^. 



Obscur^ niger, capite punctulato ad basin granulato, thoiace laevi, elytris 



punctato-stiiatis 

 Length 8 lines, breadth 3. 



Dull black, long and narrow : antennae and palpi rusty piceous ; labrum and clypeus finely 

 punctured : head oval, strongly punctured, the base or neck thickly granulated : thorax 

 convex, twice as broad, orbicular, a little broader before than at the base, the former 

 slightly concave, the latter truncated ; collar of elytra granulated ; scutel shining, very 

 broad and short, with a few punctures : elytra elongate-ovate, not much broader than 

 the thorax, with 9 strongly-punctured striae on each, somewhat in pairs, deepest at the 

 apex, and an abbreviated one next the scutel : underside thickly and minutely punc- 

 tured : legs stoutish, scabrose, pitchy-ferruginous. 



Two specimens from Valparaiso. 



Taxicornes. 



Family Diaperid^. 



*I27. Oplocephala quadrituberculata, Curt. Neomida, Dej. Sf Sturm's 



Catalogues. 



Piceonitida, ti-ophis antennis pedibus subtiisque ferrugineis, capite 4-tuber- 



ciilato. 

 Length Z\ Hnes, breadth 1^. 



Elliptical, convex, piceous, very smooth and shining : antennae subferruginous, basal joint 

 stout, obovate, 2nd small, 3rd elongate-ovate, truncated, remainder incrassated and 

 perfoliate : trophi ochreous : head semicircular, punctured, the clypeus castaneous and 

 defined at the base by a semicircular impression. Male with 4 small tubercles in 

 front, and one on each side, on the inner margin of the eye : thorax slightly transverse, 

 a little narrowed before, and finely and indistinctly punctured, with a faint dorsal line ; 

 anterior margin castaneous as well as the scutel occasionally : elytra scarcely broader 

 than the thorax and thrice as long, finely punctured, with 8 clearly-punctured lines 

 on each ; apex with two foveae : underside castaneous, thickly punctured : legs bright 

 ferruginous. 



A pair were taken at St. Paul's. 



This insect approaches the Oplocephala armata of M. de Lapoite's Mono- 

 graph ; but the male has only 2 tubercles on the crown of the head instead of 



