Capt. P. P, Kino's Smith Am er ic an Ooleopt< 



2 horns, and the form and proportions of t Ik- 1 basal jointsof the antenna 

 different and do not quite arc-end even with his generic rharartt r : for I., | 



"articnlo primo brevi, incraatato, wqaentibm tribal breribat, tennibot] 



teris dilatatis ant perfoliatts :" now the 8rd join! in <>ur inted caOnol be called 

 short comparatively, and the 4th is the 1st of thedilatedand rnp ihnprd foil 



*128. Alphitobius? punctati s. Curt. 



Ellipticus, subconvexus, virescenti oiger, panctattatimus, elytrii piceo-brun 

 striato-punetatis, tropins antennia pedibnaqnc castaneia, 



Length 2 lines, breadth 1. 



Elliptical and slightly convex, black, with an obscure green shade and irith 



minute hairs : head and clypcus convex, orbicular, entire and punetured I thorax I littl. 

 transverse, scarcely narrowed in front, the sides gently COW tm brown 



punctured, with 8 punctured stri.e 00 each, and an abbreviated ..n< m 

 which issemiovate: abdomen punctured mid Mriated: legs, tropbi and antenn;. 

 taneous, the latter fuscous at the apex. 



From Valparaiso; I have also received it from other parti of Chili. 



It appears to associate best with Dejean's genu- Heteropksgm, which nevei 

 having been characterized, I have adopted Mr. Stephens's name, the type el 

 which is the Tenebrio mauritanica, Fab. 



*129. EPILASIUM ROTUNDATl-.M, Jhjruil. ( util/nj iu. p. 192. 



Ovale, nigrum, punctatrssiinum, pabe pallide branned reatitnm, elytrw punc- 



tato-striatis. 



Length 4 lines, breadth 2f . 



Oval, convex, dull black, clothed with short depressed ochreous- brown hairs: cry] 

 deeply emarginate; head and thorax very thickly punetured, the latter Mauortt 

 deeply emarginate in front, the angles rounded, sides with a broad flat margin, forming 

 large trigonate lobes behind, the base convex, an indistinct line down tl, WaA ■ 



small fovea on each side; scutel triangular: elytra with 9 distinct puncture, 

 each, somewhat in pairs after the sutural one: legs short; anterior tibia- crenatrd ex- 

 ternally, curved and dilated at the apex. 



Taken at Maldonado and Gorrite. 



Having received this insect from Paris with the above name*, and not being 



