(apt. P. P. Kings South American Coleopi 



*97. Passalus punctiger, Lsj ,.,.„„. .]/„„ p , ; p|> ^ , 



From Rio Janeiro. 



*98. Passalus incertus, Buauet? („« ,. Mag. it ZooL 1841, p, -;. pi. ;;. f, , 



From St. Paul's, Brazil, 



*99. Passalus transverm-s, Dalm. Perch. Mm. p. \>\. pi. 7. | 

 From St. Paul's, Brazil. 



HETEROMKKA 



Mk la soma. 



Family Pjmeliad*;. 



100. Praocis rufipes, Etch. ZooL Atlas, pi. 14. f. 2. Voyage io la Coamiik, 



pi. 4. f. 1. 



In this specimen from Conception, the thighs and tibia? arc pitrbv. 



*101. Praocis suilenea, Erichs. Nov. ./< /. ./, ,,>/. Xut. ( ur. vol. xvi. Stipp. p. . 

 Praocis submetallica, Guer. Mag. de ZooL 1834, pi. 105. f. 3? 



Large black specimens, as well as aeneous ones, were collected at Valparaiso ; I fully 



5 lines long, while the smaller males are 4 lines only. 



*102. Praocis l.«vicosta, Curt. 

 Obscure eeneo-nigra, elytrorutn margine infeiiore hand punctdlato, tarsia sub- 

 ferrugineis. 



Length A\ lines, breadth 2{. 



Dead-black, sometimes with an aeneous tinge above: clypeus emarginatc and punctured: 

 thorax semiorbicular, anterior margin concave, hinder angles large and pointed: elytra 

 ovate, the surface not even, irregularly punctured, the margin keeled and termin 

 in an obtuse point; the costa inflexed, broad and not punctured; scutel and keeled 

 margin whitish with shining hairs : tarsi more or less ferruginous. 



Several specimens from Valparaiso. 



The example that I have received of P. hvvigata, Dejean, has the thoi 

 broader than the elytra, which taper to the apex, but the costal margin is 

 smooth in that species also. 



It is by no means easy to determine the species ofPraocu, from many 1 



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