Capt. P. P. King's South American Coleoptera. 47& 



sometimes rufous in the middle : elytra orange- coloured, with a large black spot on each 

 side close to the suture, and a smaller one near the costal margin ; beyond the middle 

 is a black irregular fascia formed by the union of 4 large spots : thighs rufous, except- 

 ing the apex. 

 Two specimens were taken at Conception. 



*140. Tetraonyx cinctus, Curt. 



Nitid^ niger, pubescens, punctulatus, elytris subscabris : sutura raargineque 



exteriore ochraceis. 

 Length 4 lines, breadth li. , 



Deep shining black, covered with longish pubescence : head and thorax punctured, the 

 latter short and scarcely broader than the head, with a broad dorsal channel, forming 

 a large fovea near the base: elytra finely scabrose, dark fuscous, the suture bright 

 ochreous, connected with a broader line round the costa, the shoulder and a short lan- 

 ceolate spot from it of the same colour. 



Having distributed this pretty insect upon the Continent with the above 

 name, I may be excused for introducing a description of it here. For nume- 

 rous specimens I am indebted to the late Mr. A. Mathews, who took them near 

 Lima. 



Family CEdemerid^. 

 141. Nacerdes? alternans, Curt. 



Pallid^ ochreus, oculis thoracis linea inconspicuaelytrorumque strigis2 longis 



pallid^ fuscis. 

 Length 3| lines, breadth 1. 



Smooth, clothed with the finest depressed pubescence : antennae and palpi of a very pale fus- 

 cous-ochre colour ; tips of maxillae piceous ; eyes dark : head and thorax ochreous, the 

 former with a puncture in the forehead, the latter broader but not longer, obovate- 

 truncate, being narrowed towards the base, with an indistinct fuscous dorsal line, dark- 

 est at the extremities and appearing like 2 dots in some lights, a similar dot on each 

 side where the outline is most prominent ; scutel large : elytra elliptical, tapering a 

 little, broader than the thorax and thrice as long, with 4 faint lines on each ; straw- 

 coloured, with a broadish mouse-coloured stripe near the suture, not reaching the apex, 

 and a narrower one near the costal margin, curved round at the apex, leaving the suture, 

 outer margin, and a stripe down the centre, of a straw-colour : underside ochreous, 



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