202 Mr. CuRTis's Descriptions of 



rounded, lateral margins sharply reflexed behind, with a bright red spot 

 on each side, the same colour continued along the base in a narrow 

 margin. 



Not uncommon at Port Famine. 



*49. Telephorus Diadema. Fah. 

 From St. Paul's. 



50. Telephorus biguttatus. Curt. 



Obscurè-niger ; antennarum articulo basali subtCis, mandibulis, maculisque 



duabus thoracis reniformibus flavescentibus. 

 Length 4 lines, breadth 1^. 



Dull black, finely pubescent and punctured ; basal joint of antennœ beneath 

 and mcDidibles pale ochreous : thorax transverse ovate, sides reflexed, 

 with 2 large reniform pale yellow spots on each side of the disc, the un- 

 derside, excepting the margin, of the same colour. 



One from Chili. 



Family. MELYRIDiE. 



*5I. DaSVTES LINEATUS. Fill. 



Common at Rio. 



52. Dasvtes lineatipes. Curt. 



Virescenti-niger ; pilis ochreis nigrisque vestitus ; pedibus ferrugineis ; femo- 



ribus strigis duabus nigris. 

 Length 2 lines, breadth 1. 



Greenish-black, thickly and coarsely punctured, clothed with depressed ochre- 

 ous hairs and longer black erect ones : legs ferruginous, thighs with a 

 black stripe above and another beneath. 



A specimen from Valparaiso, wanting the antennae. 



53. Dasvtes glaber. Curt. 



Laevis, eeneo-niger ; capite thoraceque profundi, elytris minute punctatis. 

 Length \\ line, breadth f. 



