Capt. P. P. Kina’s South American Coleoptera. 185 
obcordate-truncate, sides margined, base nearly straight, with a trans- 
verse channel, the angles rounded and notched, not covering the nar- 
rowed base of the abdomen: scutellum large and very flat, placed on the 
narrowed base of the abdomen. Elytra connate, much broader than the 
thorax, convex, elongate-ovate, the sides inflexed, forming a sharp narrow 
margin, apex rounded. Legs rather long, anterior the shortest and stout- . 
est; thighs stout, anterior with 3 or 4 tubercles on the inside towards 
the base: tibia, anterior short and stout, notched and a little dilated, a 
very long spine on the notch and a longer one at the apex, which is pec- 
tinated; the other tibize bristly, with strong spurs at the apex and pec- 
tinated: ¢arsi not pubescent beneath, anterior with the basal joint the 
largest, being a little dilated externally, the 3 following obtrigonate: 
claws simple and rather slender. 
6. CarDIOPHTHALMUS CLIVINOIDES. Curt, 
Tas. XV. Fig. C. 
Levis, niger; antennis brunneis; thorace porca transversà basali ; elytris in- 
distincté striatis, apice rugosis. 
Length 9 lines; breadth 34. 
Smooth black, eyes lurid: thorax with the anterior and hinder margins cili- 
ated with ochreous hairs ; a shallow transverse curved suture before and a 
deeper broad one parallel and close to the base, terminating in a slight fovea 
before reaching the angles; the extreme base is also depressed, forming 
a rounded ridge between it and the channel above; longitudinal channel 
shallow ; suture a little depressed at the base; elytra with the striæ nearly 
obliterated, sutural stria abbreviated, the others most evident at the apex, 
which is rugose; a line of punctures along the margin. Trophi and an- 
tennc ferruginous-brown, intermediate and hinder thighs with a row of 
deep punctures beneath. 
If this be a male, it must belong to the Scaritidæ, as the tarsi are smooth. 
beneath. It certainly bears a great resemblance to Leiochiton. 
A single specimen was taken at Port Famine. 
