V2 TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES. 



2\. Macrops coilorniii, .sp. ii. 



Hab. Picliinrha (15,500 feet); Cliimborazo (16,000 feet). 



Elongate, pitcliy lilack, somewhat shining, sparingly covered witli slioit 

 black puliescence. Head finely and densely punctured and rugulose, slightly 

 elevated in the middle ; eyes rather large, not very prominent ; rostrum con- 

 sideral)ly longer than the head, rather broader in front than behind, very 

 closely and finely punctured, with three small elevations near the a]3ex. 

 Antennre ferruginous, the club dusky. Prothorax slightly longer than broad, 

 narrowed in front, only slightly convex, very closely and moderately strongly 

 ])unctured and finely rugulose; the median line indistinct; the aiiteriDr 

 margin somewliat thickened ; sides rather strongly arcuate. Scutellum very 



MACROPS CCELOEUM, OLLIFF. 

 PICHINOHA, 15,500 Feet; CHIMBORAZO, 16,000 FEET 



small, triangular and impunctate. Elytra more than twice as long as the 

 head and prothorax together, broader behind than in front, rather convex, 

 moderately strongly punctate-striate, the interstices not very Ijroad, slightly 

 raised, very finely rugulose but not punctured ; shoulders very slightly 

 prominent ; sides gradually arcuate. Underside pitchy black, sparingly 

 covered with short grey puliescence, very finely rugulose ; the sterna finely 

 and moderately closely punctured ; abdominal segments more finely and less 

 closely punctured. Legs pitchy ; tips of the til)ifB and tarsi ferruginous. 

 Length, 5 mm. 



Allied to Macrqis humilis, Gylh. (M. mactdicollis, Kirljy), from Nortli 

 America ; differs in having the rostrum Iwoader, slightly shorter and without 

 the longitudinal elevation, the prothorax longer and more narrowed in front, 

 and the underside much less strongly and rather more sparingly punctured. 



22. Anchonus ononticola, sji. n. 



Hah. Tortorillas, Chimboivazo (12-13,000 feet). 



