Capt. P. P. King's Soiitli American Coleoptcra, 183 



Scarîtldœ that I have long considered tliey were closely connected*, and 

 I tliink the insects before us confirm this view, for they are nearly related to 

 Bfoscus, Panz., and equally so to my genus Leiocliifotif. Never having seen 

 the genus Baripus, Dej., I am unable to ascertain if it be allied to my group, 

 but the masculine tarsi readily distinguish them. 



*4. Cascellius Kingii. Cirrf. 

 Tab. XV. Fig. A. 



(^upreo-viridis ; elytris lineis punctorum undulatis, pariim impressis quasi re- 

 ticulatis, nisi in latei ibus deflexis ; antennis pedibusque piceis, illaruni 

 articulo basali tibiisque fcrrugineis. 



Length 7^ lines ; breadth 2^. 



.^neous with a coppery tinge down the middle, shining: /icadwitU faint lines 

 in front : thorax convex, with a channel down the middle and two shallow 

 fovese at the posterior angles, which are a little rounded, sides with a 

 narrow margin and a few punctures producing long hairs : eli/tra not 

 thrice as long as the thorax, but broader, convex, the sides deflexed, 

 forming an angular ridge parallel to the costa, on which there are 9 

 punctures : 9 waved shallow lines of punctures on each, portions of the 

 alternate spaces between them smooth and dull, appearing reticulated : 

 basal Joint of antennae and tibiic ferruginous : trophi castaneous : mandi- 

 bles and labrum blackish at the apex ; thighs and tarsi piceous. 



Two specimens of this beautiful species, which I have named in honour of 

 Capt. P. P. King, were found in Chili. 



*5. Cascellius Gravesii. Curt. 



Tab. XV. Fig. B. 



Piceo-nitens, supra cupreus ; elytris obsolete striatis, laevibus, convexis ; tro- 



phis, antennis, pedibusque ferrugineis ; femoribus castaneis. 

 Length 5 lines ; breadth if. 



* Xiàe. my arrangement of the Carabidte in the 2nd edition of the Guide. 



t Brit. Ent. vol. viii. pi. 346 : this seems to be Eschscholz's genus Miscodera, but whether he has 

 ever published the characters I have never been able to learn : Leiochiton was established in 1831. 



2 B 2 



