218 Linncean Society. 



A very curious well-marked species, in excellent condition, which, 

 I believe, is at present unique in the unrivalled Cone -collection of 

 the Rev. F. J. Stainforth. 



LINN^EAN society. 

 May 7, 1844.— E. Forster, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 

 M. Louis Agassiz, Professor of Natural History at Neufchatel, and 

 Dr. M. J. Schleiden, Professor of Botany in the University of Jena, 

 were elected Foreign Members. 



Read " Descriptions of the Insects collected by Capt. P. P. King, 

 R.N., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c, in the Survey of the Straits of Magellan." 

 By John Curtis, Esq., F.L.S. &c, in continuation of a paper printed 

 in vol. xviii. of the Transactions of the Society. 



The present paper, like the former, is devoted to Coleoptera, and 

 the following are the new genera and species characterized in it : — 



Fam. HisteridjE. 



Hister Matkewsii, violaceo-ater, capite thoracis margine elytrisque punc- 

 tulatis nisi in elytrorum disco ubi maculae 2 magnae violaceae striaeque 

 tres basales breves. Long. If lin. ; lat. If. 



Hister fur catus, nitide virescenti-niger, thoracis lateribus brevi-canalicu- 

 latis punctulatis, elytris stria suturali curvata basali tribusque costam 

 versus apicem haud attingentibus. Long. If lin.; lat. l£. 



Hister castaneus, leevis niger, thoracis lateribus punctulatis, elytris pedi- 

 busque castaneis ; illis stria suturali furcata duabus aliis aequilongis al- 

 teraque humerali breviore. Long. If lin. ; lat. 1 J. 



Fam. HydropiiilidjE. 



HyJrophilus chalybeatus, intense nitide caeruleus, elytris lineis tribus 

 punctulorum remotorum piliferorum, palpis antennisque ochreis apice 

 nigris, pedibus subcastaneis ; femoribus piceis. Long. 6 lin.; lat. 3. 



Hydrophilus ochripes, palpis an tennis labroque basi ochreis apice nigres- 

 centibus, pedibus thoracis margine inferiore sternoque ferrugineo- 

 ochraceis. Long. 4 lin. ; lat. 2\. 



Fam. ScarabjEiDjE. 



Sect. CoPROPHAGiE. 



Copris semisquamosa, nigra, clypeo magno bidentato cornu brevi eraar- 



ginato armato, thorace brevi antice irregulariter truncato, elytris pro- 



f'unde striatis. Long. 10i lin.; lat. 6. 

 Copris punctatissima, nigra, clypeo emarginato haud tuberculato, thorace 



magno punctatissimo tuberculato parvo anticS armato, elytris profunde 



punctato-striatis. Long. 8 lin. ; lat. 4$ . 



Sect. Geotrupid^e vel Arenicol;E. 



Acanthocerus muricatus, niger, punctulatus, elytris punctato-striatis apice 



tuberculatis. Long. If lin.; lat. l£. 

 Sphaerosomus muricatus, Kirby MSS. 



Sect. Trogid^e. 



Trox bullatus, niger cinereo mixtus, thorace ina3quali : angulis posticis 

 sublobatis, elytris tuberculis minutis conspersis lineisque tuberculorum 

 magnorum tribus parvorumque pluribus notatis. Long. 7\ lin.; lat. 5. 



