42 TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES. 



elytris parallelis, isrotliorace longioribus, crebre, fortiter subru-^ulosopiinctatis, 

 setulis nigris orectis adspersis ; abdomine parce punetato. Maris segmeiito 

 Tiltiiiio ventrali profunde exciso, excisioue angulis fere rectis. Long. cor]). 

 10 mm. Ex affinitate /'. ryanijjcunis Giier. setl dui'ln miiinr, staturai(m' 

 graciliore. 



Fa 11 1. TENEBRIONIDJS. 

 I). Epitnuius dilutm, n. .sp. 



Hah. Bodegas (level of sea). Three examples. 



Rufo-ajneus, iiitidus, jmbe brevissima parciiis adspersus, elypeo apice 

 bisinuato, lol)0 intermedio late rotundato ; protli(jrace crebre punetato, liasi 

 in medio vix perspicue impresso ; elytris baud striatis, subtiliter seriatim 

 punctatis, interstitiis obsolete punctulatis ; corpore subtus infuscato ; antennis 

 jKMlilnisque rufis. Long. corp. 8 mm. 



Tlie Sandwich island E. direvqdu^, Karsch, is very closely allied to this 

 s])ecies. 



10. Nydohnlcs ijigas, {TencJirio (jujas) Linn. Syst. Nat., ed. 12, ji. 674. 

 Hah. La Mona (200 feet). Tw() examples. 



This species is very alaindant in Tropical South America. 



1 1. Strowjylium devticolle, n. s]). 



Hah. Milligalli (6000 feet). A single example. 



Oblongo-ovatum, metallico-viride, antennis extrorsum nigris, femorilms 

 basi flavo ; prothorace transverso, iniiequali, sat crebre ina3(|ualiter piinctato, 

 lateribus in medio denticulatis, nullo modo marginatis ; elytris posterius 

 subacuminatis, ad basin et in medio seriatim grosse fossulatis, ad apicem pro- 

 funde striatis ; pedibus gracilibus, tarsis tenuiljirs elongatis, articulo ultimo 

 prtesertim elongato, quam articulo Ixasali duplo longiore ; corpore subtus lajte- 

 metallico, versicolore, pectoris lateribus fulgidis. Long. corp. 16 mm. 



This is a very aberrant species, but in the present unsatisfactory condi- 

 tion of the group of genera forming the Strongyliides, had better be ti'eated 

 as a meml )er of the great genus Strongylium : the general form, however, 

 approaches to Spheniscus : the metathoracic episterna are broader in front 

 than in other species of the genus, Init yet are more distinctly se])arate(l 

 from the middle acetabula ; the antennse are not elongate, the penultimate 

 joint being scarcely longer than broad, and have quite the form found in 

 some species oi Strongyliurii : the clyjieiis is very dctinitely iiiarl<('d nfT. For 

 Figure .see llie accompanying Plate. 



