12 TMAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES. 



punctis 2-4 (iuterdum quinto l>ii)unctata) ; abdomen subtus ^ ? sicut in 

 Ft. Antisanw. 



Long. 8-1 Oi millim. ^ ?. 



Distinguislied from its allies Ijy its peculiar' outline, tlie tlioi'ax being 

 narrowed (in some examples much narrowed) anteriorly and tlie elytra 

 slightly taj)ering jjosteriorly from behind the shoulders. In other respects 

 it differs very little from Pt. liodes. The discoidal punctures of the elytra 

 ajipear normally to be three in number, one in the middle, one midway 

 between that and the base, and the third midway l^etween the middle one 

 and the apex, but one or other of them is wanting in some examples, or 

 supplementary punctures appear, in one case even two on the fifth interstice. 



The four preceding species all agree in the fusiform apical joint of the 

 palpi, moderately impressed frontal furrows, margined prosternum, short 

 metathoracic episterna, and simple apical ventral segment in the ^, and 

 they differ from the allied genera Pterostichus, HaiAoderus, etc., sufficiently 

 to require their separation as a distinct group. I projjose for the group the 

 name Agraphoderus. 



1 5. Pterostichus ? 



Hah. Between Machachi and Pedregal (10,000 feet). 



A single immature and distorted § example, possibly belonging to the 

 restricted genu.s Pterostichus, having deep thoracic foveas, simple apex of 

 prosternum, etc. 



16. Anchomenus Qiiitensis, n. sp. 



Hah. Quito (9350 feet). A single example. 



A. Chilensi (Dej.) atfinis, sed thorace angustiori, angulis posticis distinctis. 

 Gracilis, subfeneo-niger, politus, palpis antennis pedibusque piceis : capite 

 angusto, sulcis frontalibus profundis, oculis magnis ; thorace anguste cordato, 

 postice sat angustato sed hand sinuato angulis posticis obtusis (apice acutis) 

 margine basali prope angulum ntrinque obliquo : elytris oblongis, apice 

 obtusis, plica basali cum margine laterali ad humeros nullomodo angulum 

 Ibiinanti, tenuiter striatis, striis 5-7 subobsoletis, interstitiis planis tertio 

 3-punctato. 



Long. 7 millim. 



Belongs to a group of species inhabiting temperate South America, of 

 which A. Chilensis may be cited as the type. The foui'th tarsal joint in the 

 anterior tarsi is emarginated, but in the middle and posterior pair is rather 

 narrow and triangular ; the tar'si are rather slender, finely setose beneath and 

 sulcated on the sides of the basal joint in the fuui' hinder legs ; the meta- 

 thoracic episterna are long and narro\v. 



