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adopted, as his description lias never been published, his paper not 

 being obtainable by the usual means through commerce, and there- 

 fore not admissible according to the rules established by Zoological 

 Congresses. 



This species was taken by the late Dr. Krause at Corral, in 

 Valdivia. 



FORTAX METICULOSA. 



Feronia meticulosa, Dej. Spec. Gen. v. p. 762 ; Sol. /. c. p. 234 

 (Feronia). 



Fortax meticulosa, Motsch. 



Feronia obscuripennis, Sol. /. c. p. 236. 



Common in Central Chili. 



FORTAX BLANDA. 



Feronia (Steropus) blanda, Erich. Meyen's Reise, Ins. p. 348. 



Feronia marginata, Waterh, Ann. Mag. N. H. 1841, vii. p. 124. 



? Feronia parvula, Sol. I. c. p. 236. 



Differs from F. meticulosa in its smaller size (3| to 4 lines), 

 shining elytra in both sexes, and reddish legs. Occurs with the 

 preceding, but is much less common. 



Subfamily Harpalin^e. 



POLPOCHILA CHILENSIS. 



Polpochila chilensis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 19 

 (Melanotus). 



Polpochila parallela, Sol. I. c. p. 217 (1849). 



This genus has received four names, in the following order of 

 date: — Melanotus, Dej., 1831 (name preoccupied in Coleoptera) ; 

 Polpochila, Solier, 1849; Cratocara, Leconte, 1863; and Phyma- 

 tocephalus, Schaum, 1864. 



In Gray's work this species is stated to be 1| line long and 2 lines 

 wide, and to have been found in Valdivia. My specimens, however, 

 are 6 lines long, and were found in Central Chili. 



PARAMECUS LjEVIGATUS. 



Paramecus Icevigatus, Dej. Spec. Gen. iv. p. 45 ; Sol. /. c. p. 197. 

 Common throughout Chili. The two following appear to be 

 varieties of this variable species : — 



Paramecus parallelus, Chaud. Bull. Mosc. 1843, iv. 779. 



Paramecus niger, Cast. Etud. Entom. i. p. 68 ; Sol. I. c. p. 198. 



ANISOTARSUS LjEVIS. 



Anisotarsus leevis, Curtis, Linn. Trans, xlviii. p. 194 (Harpalus). 

 Harpalus cequilatus, Sol. 1. c. p. 258. 

 Very common in Central Chili. 



Anisotarsus punctobasis, Sol. I. c. p. 259 (Harpalus). 

 I have not seen this species, and am not sure that it belongs to 

 the genus. 



