C'«y>/. P. P. King's Soi(t/i American Coleoptera. ' 197 



Family. BUPRESTID.î:. 



*'29. PSILOPTERA CUPRO-^NEA ? IllOltb. C't Bo)l/)l. p. 49. p/. 33./'. Ô. 



From Valparaiso. 



Family. ELATERID/E. 



30. PVROPHORUS LUCIFUGUS. Cttrt. 



Brunneus, dense et minute punctatus, pubescensque : antennis breviusculis, 

 compressis cum pedibiis rufescenti-brunneis ; tliorace convexo, subqiia- 

 drato, maculis duabus basalibus rotundis luminosis ; clytris hand atte- 

 nuatis. 



Length 9|, bi-eadth 2| lines. 



Brown, pubescent, thickly and minutely punctured : /^e«(^/ not broad : f/iora.i 

 convex, subquadrate with «a perfectly round yellow spot at each of the 

 basal angles, the hinder margins ferruginous : elytra very long, not atte- 

 nuated but rounded at the apex, densely clothed with brown pubescence, 

 the punctate striœ distinct : anteuuœ linear, compressed, not longer tlian 

 the thorax, light reddish-l)rown as well as the legs. 



From Gorrite. The breadth of the elytra towards the apex distinguishes 

 tliis from E. luminasits, 111. 



*31. Chalcolepidus porcatus. Fiib. 

 From Rio de Janeiro. 



32. iEoLUS ? VARIEGVTUS. C/<r(. 



Ochreus ; oculis, thoracis marginibus lateralibus postice, lineâque dorsali ni- 

 grescentibus ; elytris apice bispinosis ; macula scutelli utrinque, annulis- 

 que duobus subovatis pone medium piceis. 



Length 4 lines, breadth 1. 



Lahrum vertical ; troplii concealed ; anteuuœ with the 2nd and 3rd joints not 

 much shorter than the following. Ferruginous-ochre, thickly and mi- 

 nutely punctured, and clothed with short ochreous pubescence. Tlun-ax 

 quadrate-ovate, nearly linear, basal angles not long; a dorsal line, the 

 lateral margins posteriorly, and the eyes blackish. Elytra ochi-eous, 



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