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alone agree with the South American in the 

 Dumber of stripes. Of the Americans, the C. Hes 

 perus Oliv. is the only one with a border to the 

 seventh stripe, and the C. Actason Klug of Mexico 

 is the only one that has eight stripes. 



Various kinds of beetles in Chili seek a shelter 

 from the rays of the sun in the dry cow-dung ; 

 almost all the Heteromerides with wings grown to 

 gether, the greater part of the beetles armed with 

 trunks, and several Carabides, were found there. 

 The ten kinds of Heteromerides, with distorted 

 wings, found here, belong to five new classes : the 

 other Heteromerides consist of a Helops and a black 

 Lytta with red thighs. Of beetles furnished with a 

 proboscis, we met with four kinds of Lhtroderes, two 

 remarkable Cryptorhynchi, and a few others of the 

 shape of a P\.higus. Lastly are to be noticed, a Lu- 

 canus of the form of the femoratus, a large Stenop- 

 terus, and a large black Psoa. We found very few 

 other species of insects, but several kinds of Pom- 

 /&amp;gt;z7.v, one two inches long, and a curious Castnia, 

 were the most remarkable. 



Of marine animals there remain to be noticed a 

 small Octopus, a Loligo, two Chiton, Patella, C/epidula, 

 PileopstSf Fissurella, Catyptrcea ; of Concholepas, only 



* This kind was known to Fabricius, for Copra Midas 

 is a variety of the male, and Gigas is the female. The 

 former has erroneously been deemed a native of America. 



