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XXIX. Descriptions, 8fc. of the Insects collected by Captain P. P. Kim,. R V 

 FR.S.fyL.S., in the Survey of the Straits of Magellan. By John (Vhtis. 

 Esq., F.L.S. 8fc* 



Read May 7th, 1844. 



Order Coleoptera. 

 Family Dermest^^:. 

 *56. Dermestes Vulpinus, Fabr. Panz. Faun. Germ. 40. pi. 10. 

 Common at Valparaiso and Gorrite. 



Family HrSTERrn^. 

 *57- Hister MATHEWsrr, Curt. 



Vioiaceo-ater, capite thoracis margine elytrisque punctrdatis ; nisi in elytro- 



rum disco ubi maculae 2 magna? ochracese striseque tres basales brev- 

 Length If line, breadth 1|. 



Shining violaceous black ; head, abdomen and lateral margins of thorax thickly punctured, 

 a line of punctures at the base of the latter and a few hairs on the sides ; elytra finely 

 punctured, except on the shoulders and disc : a stria on each side of the suture, a curved 

 line of punctures at the base, a very short one beyond it, and 2 longer oblique 

 towards the shoulders, the outer one double and the space between them vermiculated. 

 as well as a transverse space near the apex which is smooth ; a very large ochr< 

 orbicular spot on each, not touching the suture or costa, the edges sinuated : anterior 

 tibia? dilated, with 9 or 10 teeth outside, intermediate and hinder with long spines 

 Valparaiso. 



I have named this pretty species after the late Mr. A. Mathews, A.L.S.. who 

 sent me specimens from Lima, as well as many other interesting insects which 

 the want of an opportunity has long prevented me from describing. 



* Continued from p. 205, vol. xviii.-Those species with the asterisk attached are in the cabinets of 

 Mr. Curtis. 



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