Copt. P. P. Krxo't South American Coleopti 



nulatcd: legs stout, sometimes frrrugim.u- 



external apical spine, the others mtatei inuYetrd mar-in striated ..blupuh 



lobe large and rounded, coarsely punctured, wit!, 



tus rngose, centre of abdomen somewhat rcrmiool 



This fine species was doI QDcommoa at Cape Pkirweatber. From iti beau- 

 tifully sculptured surface, shining like ebopy, I had named it \ timturtta, 



but I am happy in adopting: the name of the distinguished naturalist which 

 has been lately assigned to it by Mr. Waterhot 



*119. NVCTKLIA : (OKKI <,AT\. (lilt. 



Nitide nigra, thoracis latcribns rugosw, elytri* transvertitn undulato-canali- 

 culatis porcas plurimas andulatas fortnantibus : sutm-a depress r i histi 

 (Tab. XLI. fig. 14.). 



Length 8£ lines, breadth 5. 



Black, smooth and shining: antenna 1 brown ; cljpWM emarginale. with I transverse frr • 

 sides slightly punctured; head with a long puncture on the crown: thorax twi 

 broad as the head, a little broader than long, scarcely narrowed before, but n 

 cave, forming acute angles, sides very convex, contracted at the base, the an 

 the base straight and slightly striated longitudinally, lateral margins thickened an 

 nulated internally, with numerous oblique furrows, inclining towards the head and form- 

 ing short ridges ; scutel minute and broad : elvtra oval, convex, broader than the tl 

 at the base, but not twice as broad at the middle ; suture very much depressed, 1 

 groove on each side, the outer margin keeled and crimped, the entire back with nume- 

 rous deep transverse grooves, somewhat oblique at the base and apex, forming convex 

 ridges; each elytron with 2 indistinct curved longitudinal stria-, apex rather pointed and 

 margined ; inflected margin scratched only I pectoral lobe clavatc, w ith a deep channel 

 round : legs stout, hinder the longest ; anterior tibia- without an external spine at the 

 apex, granulated outside, as are all the others, the hinder being crooked ; basal joint of 

 tarsi but slightly elongated. 

 This distinct species, which was not uncommon at Cape Fairweather in 

 December, seems to connect Nyctelia with Epipedomtta, for the anterior tibiae 

 are longer than the tarsi, and the external spine is wanting at the apex ; yet 

 the habit of the insect and the trophi apparently accord so strikingly with 

 Nyctelia, that unless it be made a distinct genus, I think it better to let it 

 form a section of that group. 



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