52 TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES. 



This genus lias at first sight very much the apijearance of Atfidag or 

 Anthocrnnus, but it evidently belongs to the Telephorichv, ami is, I think, near 

 Silis. I have not seen any species oi' Motschulsky's genus Alaltlu/sif;, ))ut it is 

 very pos.sibly allied to this genus. The form of the last abdominal segments 

 precludes the idea that they can be congeneiic. 



I have had to use this generic name for a species at first sight very 

 similar to the present one, collected in numbers by Mr. Champion at 3-4000 

 feet altitude on the Volcan de Chiriqui in Panama, and which will be de- 

 scribed shortly in the Biologia Cen trail- Americana as Plccfonotutii lubiale. A 

 closely allied form at present not described occurs in New Zealand. It 

 appears to be a very prinutive Siloid form. 



15. PlirtoHotiun niijruiii, n. sp. 



Hah. The Panecillo, Quito (10,000 feet), Hacienda (»f Guachala (9217 

 feet). Four specimens. 



Nigrum, subnitiduni, capite prothoraceque obsolete punctatis, hoc trans- 

 verso, margine subelevato, laterilius in medio suljinci'assatis, angulis anterioiibus 

 obsoletis, posterioribus acutis, parum pronunulis. Corjiore subtus tibiisque infus- 

 catis, antennis articulis duolnis basalibus ferrugineis. Long. 3-3i millim. (J ? . 



Mas, (iculis magis prominulis abdominis apice albo, tiimucronato. 



Tile chief peculiarity of this little Tdqihorid consists in the curiously 

 reflexed lateral margins of the thorax. The abdominal stiuctui-e is not well 

 observed, there being but a single male, the dorsal pai't of the genitalia 

 ajipears to be bimucronate, while the acuminate vential poition curves 

 upwards between these two mucros. For Figure see the Plate facing p. 51. 



Fam. MEL VEIIL-E. 

 IC. Adtjlaa his-sexijidtatus, n. sp. 



Hah. Type form, Quito to CTuallabamba (9000 feet). Hacienda of Guachala 

 (9217 feet), Pichincha (11-12,000 feet), Cotocachi (11-13,500 feet), Antisanilla 

 to Pinantura (11,000 feet), Machachi (9-10,000 feet), Quito (9500 feet). 



Var. a. Eastern side of Corazon (12,000 feet). 



Var. h. Hacienda of Guachala (9217 feet). Very numerous specimens. 



Niger, sulniitidus, dense atripilosus, prothorace crel)re liautl distincte, 

 elytris parcius profunde punctatis, his singulatim guttis sex ladnis notatis, 

 tribus subajncalibus sajpe confluentibus annulum interdum formantibus ; an- 

 tennis articulis tribus vel quatuor basalibus saturate rufis. Long. 7^-8 millim. 



Var. a. Gutta subapicali deficiente. 



Var. fi. Nigra elytris macula parva basali parum distincta. 



This Astylus has been in my collection for some time, having been pre- 

 viously sent from Ecuador, but I have not been able to identify it with any 



