Capt. p. P. Kino's South A me r ic an Col 149 



been included in the genus Brwajgaafar, bol their structure ii 10 diflfereal in 

 some respects, thai the characters laid down will not embrace them, /; 

 josser is at once distinguished by the outer elawe of all the tarsi befog hind in 



both sexes, and the posterior tarsi compressed and thickened! especially the 

 basal joint. In CoMickloris the claws arc limptC, and in Tribottethe» i in which 

 they are the same, the joints of all the tarsi arc more or less elongated ; < 

 in the anterior they are not transverse, and t)w ath joint is not notched | the 

 club also of the antennae is exceedingly elongated in the mal. 



*73. Brachystemus pkasints. Ouer, Voyage <1< la CbquiUe, pi. 8. t I. 



The clypeus of the female is entirely rusty-brown; in the male the margin Dftij is of thai 

 colour. 



It was abundant in Chiloe, and has often been confounded with the follow- 

 ing species. 



( ALLICHLORls. Dijcd)}. 



Palporum maxillarium articulus penultimus minutus, subglobnsus; terminals |on- 



gior, subfusiformis, extus planus. Antennae 10-articulatae, articulus basalis crassut, 

 pyriformis, 2dus subglobosus, 3tius 4tusque oblongi, 5tus brevis, Gtus cyathiformis, 

 7mus cuneiformis, reliqui clavam gracilem fusiformem efformantes. Labrum trans- 

 versum, medio paulum angulatum. Clypeus transverse- oralis, marginc fortitcr reflexo. 

 Femora gracilia; tibiae anticae versus apicem angustata 1 , extus tridentate, reliqtue rab- 

 scabrae, apice pectinatae calcaribusque 2 brevibus innate; tarsi anteriores artimlis 1 

 basalibus brevibus, 3tio 4toque cyathiformibus, 5to omnium intus emarginato; an 

 longo, gracili, simplici, anteriore maxime inaequali. Sternum haud product urn. 



79. Callichloris pbuklboans, Curt. 



Pulchre flavo-virens punctatissima, elytris pnnctato-striatis, snbtQS pygidfo- 



que ferrugineis, antice pilis albidis villosis postice pubescentia concolori 

 vestita. 

 Length 7 lines, breadth 4. 



Of a beautiful but dead pea-green, with a slight yellow or golden reflexion on the sides, but 

 not polished : antennae ferruginous : head and thorax exceedingly thickly and finely 

 punctured, the latter narrowed anteriorly, the base convex, with a broad lock of whitish 

 hairs from beneath, broader than the scutel : down the back is a distinct but not deep 

 channel : scutel subtrigonate, thickly punctured : elytra a little broadest behind, irregu- 



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