46 TRAVELS AMONGST THE GEE AT ANDES. 



species of this genus would therefore appear to have a wide range, the present 

 one is a brown insect seven milliniMres in length with punctate-striate elytra, 

 and the antennae longer than the wluile l>ody. The whole insect is sparingly 

 puliescent including the antenna). It is allied to A. lonriicornis, Perty. 



5. Ptilodadyla sp. ? 



Hab. First camp on Pichincha (14,000 feet). A single specimen. 

 One of the larger species, seven and a half millimetres in length, chestnut- 

 lirown, with obsoletely striate elytra, and ferruginous legs and antennpe. 



Fam. LYCID^-E. 



The genus Calopteron includes numerous species from both Noilh and 

 South America, but is not found out of the New World. The first section 

 of these have the elytra wonderfully dilated posteriorly, and often very 

 beautifully reticulated, of a metallic l>lue colour, with white or yellow 

 fascige or marks. The single specimen collected Ijy Mr. Whymper l:)elongs to 

 this section, but is of moderate size and development compared with many 

 species from lower regions. 



6. Cahi^teron Sfeinheili, Bourgeois, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1878, p. 168. Cat. 



d. Lijr. rec. par M. Ed. Stcinheil, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1879, PI. 4, 

 f. 7. 

 Hah. Valley of Collanes, Altar (12,500 feet). One specimen. 

 Three species of Caloi^teron are described by Bourgeois fiom Colombia 

 which have the head, thorax, elytra, body, and legs, black or Iduish black, 

 with the exception of a mai'king near the apex of the elytra which is yellow. 

 Of these the specimen caj^tured by Mr. Whymper appeal's to me both from 

 the description and the figure to agree most nearly with the si)ecies to ^\-hich 

 it is here referred, it is, however, very nearly related to C. Povvri. 



7. Plateros? alticola, n. sp. 



Hab. Hacienda of Guachala (9217 feet). A single specimen. 



Oblongus subparallelus, niger, opacus, thrirace parum nitido, antice pro- 

 funde punctato, medio sulcato, lateribus elevatis, parallelis, angulis posticis 

 acutis, prominulis ; elytris decem-striatis, interstitiis alternis elevatioribus, 

 sqiiamosis, ochraceis, basi circum scutello, sutuia apicecpie sat late nigris, 

 antennis corporis dimidio parum longiorilnis ; articulo tertio, secundo 

 sesqui longiore, subquadrato, articulis quartfj ad undecimuin sul^equalibus, 

 baud serratis. Long. 8 millim. ^ l 



This s]>ecies, of which also only nuc specimen was scciirc(l, lias tlic '_;\'n('ial 



