120 REVISTA CHILENA DE HISTORIA NATURAL 



Hab: — Valdivia, Santa Rosa, Coquimbo, etc. 



M. carinatus Blanch. id. p.269, pl. 3,fig.5 (1852). 

 MethiUe cunéala^ Butl. 

 Hab: — Province of Coquimbo, Cordillera of O valle, 

 Straits Magellan; Prov. of Yalparaíso 

 (Porter.) 

 M. dolirni Sign. Aun. Soc. Entom. Fr., Ser. 4, III, p. 584, 



pl.llfig.9 (1863) 

 Hab. — Chile. 



Gemís Aethalion, Latr. 



A. latreilli Sigin. id. p.672 (1851). 



Hab: — Chile. 

 A. unicolor Sign. id. p.672 (1851). 



Hab: — Chile. 

 A. multicolor Sign. id. «,675, pl.l4, fig.7 (1851). 



Hab: — Chile. 



Synopsis 



IvEY TO SUBFAMILIES 



Scutellum entirely covered bj' pronotum. 



Posterior tarsi longest, or equal in length to tho 

 other tarsi. 



Frout, raiddle, and sometimes hind tibiae ditated, 

 flattened...... Subfamily MEMBBACINAE. 



Tibiae uot dilated or flattened. 



Terminal cell of tegmina elohgate, base sessile 



Subfamily DARMINAE. 



Terminal cell of tegmina petiolate. 



Tegmina coriaceous, opaque, veins difficult 

 to observe, free raargins extra broad (Nene 



recorded from Chile) 



Subfamily TRAGOPINAE 



Tegmina membraueous with distinct veins, some- 

 times with basal and other áreas coriaceous and 



punctured Subfamily S31ILIINAE. 



Posterior tarsi much shorter than front and middle 

 tarsi Subfamily HOPLOFHORINAE. 



