218 Linnaan Society. 



A very curious well-marked species, in excellent condition, which, 

 I believe, is at present unique in the unrivalled Cone-collection of 

 the Rev. F. J. Stainforth. 



LINN^AN SOCIETY. 



May 7, 1844.— E. Forster, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 

 M. Louis Agassiz, Professor of Natural History at Neufchatel, and 

 Dr. M. J. Schleiden, Professor of Botany in the University of Jena, 

 were elected Foreign Members. 



Read " Descriptions of the Insects collected by Capt. P. P. King, 

 R.N., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c., in the Survey of the Straits of Magellan." 

 By John Curtis, Esq., F.L.S. &c., in continuation of a paper printed 

 in vol. xviii. of the Transactions of the Society. 



The present paper, like the former, is devoted to Coleoptera, and 

 the following are the new genera and species characterized in it : — 



Fam. HisTERiD^. 

 Hister Matheiosii, violaceo-ater, capite thoracis margine elytrisque punc- 



tulatis nisi in elytrorum disco ubi maculse 2 magnae violaceae stria^que 



tres basales breves. Long. If Hn. ; lat. 1^. 

 Hister fiircatus, nitide virescenti-niger, thoracis lateribus brevi-canalicu- 



latis punctulatis, elytris stria siUuraU curvata basali tribusque costam 



versus apicem baud attingentibus. Long. If lin. ; lat. li. 

 Hister castaneus, Ijevis nigcr, thoracis lateribus punctulatis, elytris pedi- 



busque castaneis ; illis stria snturali furcata duabus aliis requilongis al- 



teraqne humerali breviore. Long. If lin.; lat. 1^. 



Fam. HYDROPHILIDiE. 



Hydropldlus chalyheatus, intense nitide cceruleus, el3tris lineis tribus 

 pnnctulorum remotonnn piUferorum, palpis antennisque ocbreis apice 

 nigris, pedibus subcastaneis; femoribus piceis. Long. 6 lin.; lat. 3. 



Hydropldlus ochripes, palpis antennis labroque basi ochreis apice nigres- 

 centibus, pedibus thoracis margine inferiore sternoque ferrugineo- 

 ochraceis. Long. 4 lin. ; lat. 2\. 



Fam. ScARAE^iD^. 



Sect. CoPROPHAG.E. 



Copris semisquamosa, nigra, clypeo magno bidentato cornu brevi emar- 



ginato armato, tliorace bvevi antice irregulariter tnmcato, elytris pro- 



tunde striatis. Long. lOi lin.; lat. 6. 

 Copris pnnctatissima, nigra, clypeo emarginato baud tuberculato, tborace 



magno punctatissimo tuberculato pavvo antice armato, elytris profunde 



punctato-striatis. Long. 8 lin. ; lat. 4J. 



Sect. Geotrufid.t: vel Arenicol^. 

 AcanUiocerus muricatus, niger, punctulatus, elytris punctato-striatis apice 



tuberculatis. Long, if lin.; lat. li. 

 Spbserosomus muricatus, Kirhy MSS. 



Sect. Trogid^. 

 Trox hullatus, niger cinereo mixtus, tborace inrpquali : angulis posticis 

 sublobatis, elytris tubercuHs minutis conspersis lineisque tuberculorum 

 magnorum tribus parvorumque pluribus notatis. Long. 7\ hn.; lat. 5. 



