62 MR. E. C. REED ON CHILIAN COLEOPTERA. [Jan. 6, 



Anisotarsus chtlensis, Dej. iv. p. 294 {Ilarpalus). 



This species, which varies much in colour, is common in Valdivia. 



Anisotarsus amcenus, Sol. I. c. p. 260 (Harpalus). 



Anisotarsus rufus, Brulle, D'Orb. Voy. Ins. p. 35 (Anisodac- 

 tylus). 



Chilian specimens agree with those from the Pampas, except that 

 the thorax is less rounded on the sides, and the row of punctures on 

 the third, fifth, and seventh interstices is less distinct and regular. 

 Although the mentum has a distinct tooth, and the soles of the tarsi 

 are "spongiose," this species cannot be an Anisotarsus, its head 

 having the form of that in Geopinus and allied genera. I do not 

 propose a new generic name, in the doubt whether it may not belong 

 to the little-known genus Cylloscelis of Curtis. 



Lecanomerus marginatus, n. sp. 



Nigro-piceus, nitidus, elytris ceneo-tinctis ; palpis, antennis pedi- 

 busque flavotestaceis ; thoracis margine exteriore ebjtrisque 

 margine lato posteriore rufescentibus ; thorace elytris dimidio 

 angustiore, subquadrato, postice vix angustato, angulis rotun- 

 datis, supra Icevi, foveolis latis vix impressis ; elytris postice 

 paulo difatatis, ante apicem sinuatis, subtiliter striatis, striis 

 suturali, octava et nona per totam longitudinem, cceteris apice 

 solum, impressis. 



Long. 3 lin. 6 2 • 



1 Nemaglossa brevis, Sol. I. c. p. 215. 



This species agrees very well with Solier's description of his Ne- 

 maglossa brevis; but the generic characters he gives are quite at 

 variance with our insect. He describes the ligula as very narrow, 

 and the paraglossse as broad and attached to it ; but the ligula of 

 the species above described is elongate-quadrate, and the paraglossae 

 are narrow and spring from the lower part of the side of the lingua, 

 curving away from it. 



The only structural difference I can find between our species and 

 the type of the Australian genus Lecanomerus is the rather larger 

 basal joint of the anterior tarsi in the male. In the mode of dilata- 

 tion of the second and third joints of the four anterior tarsi, their 

 clothing, the form of the palpi and mentum, and in the facies of the 

 species there is the greatest similarity. 



Occurs in Southern Chili, but is by no means common. 



Trachysarus, nov. gen. 



{rpayys, rough, crapos, brush). 



Four anterior tarsi of the male with four joints moderately dilated, 

 the fourth subbilobed, and all furnished beneath with a brush of 

 coarse scaly hairs, not arranged in pairs as in the true Harpali, nor 

 as a fine even brush as in the Anisodactyli. Palpi, terminal joint 

 fusiform, attenuated and truncated at the apex, not hairy, except a 



