1874.] Mr. e. c. reed on Chilian coleoptera. 67 



imatis. Cupreum vel nigro-cupreum, nitidum ; antennis, palpis 

 pedibusque nigris ; sulcisfrontalibuslatis; thorace transversim 

 quadrato, postice perparum angustato, angulis posticis fere 

 reeds, fovea utrinqne basali magna punctulata, plicaque elevata 

 elongata juxta unguium; elytris striis omnibus paulo impressis, 

 punctatis, interstitio tertio punctis duobus impressis et vittulis 

 duobus nigro-eeneis loemssimis. 

 Long. 2 lin. 



The form of the thorax and the discoloured shining streaks on the 

 third elytral interstice, near the punctures, give this species a strong 

 resemblance to B. paludosum and its allies ; but the closely approxi- 

 mate eighth and ninth striae (united near their bases) show that it 

 does not belong to the same group. 



Taken on the sea-coast of the Island of Chiloe. 



Bembidium mandibulare, Sol. I.e. p. 161. 



This species seems to be variable in regard to the proportion of 

 brassy black and pale testaceous markings on the elytra ; and I sus- 

 pect the insect known in some collections under the MS. name of 

 B.fryi is only a variety of it. 



Southern Chili. 



Bembidium solieri, mihi, Gemm. & Har. Cat. 

 B. ineertum, Sol. I. c. p. 168 (name preoccupied). 

 Bembidium marginatum, Sol. 1. c. p. 169. 

 Bembidium fischeri, Sol. I. c. p. 170. 



Bembidium sexfoveolatum, Germ. I.e. p. 389. 



Common in Central Chili, especially in the mountains of Aculeo. 



Bembidium scitulum, Erich. Nov. Act. Leop. Carol. 1834, 

 Suppl. p. 225. 



B.fabricii, Sol. I.e. p. 1/6. 



In the neighbourhood of Santiago. 



Bembidium melanopodes, Sol. I. c. p. 177- 



Bembidium inconstans, Sol. 1. c. p. 172. 



Subfamily Dromiin^e. 



Crossonychus viridis, Dej. Spec. Gen. v. p. 356 (Dromius); 

 Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1848, p. 97. 



This species varies much in colour, from clear brassy green and 

 coppery to dull olive-green, and in shape of thorax and strength of 

 striation of elytra; and as all gradations exist, it is impossible to 

 separate the following extreme forms as species : — 



Dromius ceneus, Dej. I.e. p. 357=Coptodera eenescens, Motsch. 

 Bull. Mosc. 1864, p. 223 = Coptodera incerta, Sol. I.e. p. 145 (?). 



Crossonychus chloropterus, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1864, p. 223. 

 This species is common throughout Chili. 



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