68 MR. E. C. REED ON CHILIAN COLEOPTERA. [Jail. 6, 



Mimodromius cyanipennis, Brulle, Hist. Nat. des Ins. iv. 

 p. 195, t. 6. f. 4 (Dromius). 



CaUeida cyanoptera, Sol. I. c. p. 137. 



Mimodromius cyanipennis, Chaud. Berl. Entom. Zeit. 1873, p. 55. 



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I have found this species under bark of Salix babylonicus, near 

 Santiago. 



Mimodromius chilensis, Sol. I.e. p. 137 {CaUeida). 



Mimodromius philippii, n. sp. (Plate XIII. fig. 1.) 



Major, elonyatus, depressus, castaneofuscus, nitidus ; elytris 

 utrinque ante medium macula rotundata fulvo-testacea. 



Long. 5 lin. 



This fine species is very similar to M. chilensis, but with the elytra 

 broader and natter. The head is similarly elongated and tapering 

 behind the eyes, and at the end of the narrowing constricted into a 

 distinct neck. The thorax is relatively small, subcordate, with the 

 hind angles produced and acute. The elytra are widened behind, 

 and very obtusely but broadly truncated at the apex ; their surface 

 is faintly punctato-striate, with the interstices punctulate. 



A few specimens have been taken near the baths of Chilian. 



Mimodromius nigrofasciatus, Sol. /. c. p. 135 (CaUeida). 

 Common throughout Chili. 



Mimodromius guttula, Sol. I. c. p. 136 (CaUeida). 



Less common than the preceding. I have only taken it at from 

 4000 to 8000 feet s. m., in the Andes of the central provinces. 



Obs. — The genus Mimodromius was proposed by Baron Chaudoir in 

 the Berliner entom. Zeitschrift, 1873, p. 55, but without characters. 

 These are as follows : — Head elongated, narrowed behind. Men- 

 turn trilobate ; side lobes triangular, acute. Ligula narrow and 

 scarcely more corneous than the broad paraglossse, which are adhe- 

 rent ; apex bisetose. Palpi truncated, the labials having their ter- 

 minal joint tumid and subsecuriform. Legs slender ; penultimate 

 joints of the tarsi sharply emarginate but not bilobed ; claws slender 

 and finely pectinated. 



This genus is well distinguished from CaUeida by the penultimate 

 joints of the tarsi not being bilobed, and by the slender form of the 

 same members, together with their claws. 



Plagiotelum irideum, Sol. I. c. p. 133. 



CaUeida iridea, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1864, hi. p. 238. 



Southern Chili ; scarce. 



Lobius cyaneus, Dej. I. c. p. 355, et Sol. /. c. p. 139 (Dromius). 

 Lobius cyaneus, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1864, hi. p. 230. 

 A common species in Southern and Central Chili. 



Lobius nigroviridis, Motsch. I.e. p. 230. 



