Capt. P. P. Kine’s South American Coleoptera. 197 
Family. BUPRESTIDA. 
*29. PSILOPTERA CUPRO-ENEA? Humb. et Bonpl. p. 49. pl. 33. f. 5. 
From Valparaiso. 
Family. ELATERIDZE. 
30. PYROPHORUS LUCIFUGUS. Curt. 
Brunneus, densè et minutè punctatus, pubescensque: antennis breviusculis, 
compressis cum pedibus rufescenti-brunneis; thorace convexo, subqua- 
drato, maculis duabus basalibus rotundis luminosis ; elytris haud atte- 
nuatis. 
Length 94, breadth 22 lines. 
Brown, pubescent, thickly and minutely punctured: head not broad : thorax 
convex, subquadrate with a perfectly round yellow spot at each of the 
basal angles, the hinder margins ferruginous : elytra very long, not atte- 
nuated but rounded at the apex, densely clothed with brown pubescence, 
the punctate striæ distinct : antenne linear, compressed, not longer than 
the thorax, light reddish-brown as well as the legs. 
From Gorrite. The breadth of the elytra towards the apex distinguishes 
this from E. luminosus, III. 
*31. CHALCOLEPIDUS PORCATUS. Zub. 
From Rio de Janeiro. 
32. /EoLUS? VARIEGATUS. Curt. 
Ochreus; oculis, thoracis marginibus lateralibus posticé, lineAque dorsali ni- 
grescentibus ; elytris apice bispinosis; maculá scutelli utrinque, annulis- 
que duobus subovatis poné medium piceis. 
Length 4 lines, breadth 1. 
Labrum vertical; trophi concealed ; antennæ with the 2nd and 3rd joints not 
much shorter than the following. Ferruginous-ochre, thickly and mi- 
nutely punctured, and clothed with short ochreous pubescence. Thorax 
quadrate-ovate, nearly linear, basal angles not long; a dorsal line, the 
lateral margins posteriorly, and the eyes blackish. Ælytra ochreous, 
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