1874.] MR. E. C. REED ON CHILIAN COLEOPTERA. 69 



Lobius(?) erythropus, Sol. I.e. p. 139 (Dromius). 



0a ,f.'~~T he ge ' 1US Lobius is "" eI1 distinguished from Dromius and 

 its allies by the rather long, linear, and sharply truncated apical 

 joints of the palpi. The mentum has a rather large tooth in its 

 centre. ° 



Dromius sulcatulus, Sol. /. c. p. 139. 



Dromius nigrotestaceus, Sol. I.e. p. 142. 



Common in Central Chili. 



Obs.— Dromius pictus, Sol. I.e. p. 141, is no doubt a Mimodro- 

 mius, and not a Chilian, but a Pampa species. The following I 

 do not know : — & 



Dromius chilensis, Dej. 1. c. p. 358. 



Dromius macrocephalus, Sol. I.e. p. 140. 



Oxoides obscurus, Sol. /. c. p. 148. 



I have never met with this insect. According to Solier it is dis- 

 inguished from Dromius by the terminal joints of the palpi bein- 

 tumid and oval ; the labials briefly truncated, the maxillaries acute 



In these characters Dromius sulcatulus approaches it rather closely. 

 1 he description of the species coincides pretty well with small ex- 

 amples of D sulcatulus ; and I strongly suspect it to be nothing more 

 than the male of that species. 



Variopalpus crusoei, n. sp. 



V. humeri forma similis ; at difert oculis multo magis promi- 

 nentibus, thorace rufo, elytrisque distincte striatis. Depres- 

 ses mgropiceus, palpis, pedibus elytrisque utrinque maculis 

 duabus fulvo-testaceis ; eapite nigropiceo, collo rufeseente : 

 thorace breoiter cordato, angulis posticis productis rectis paulo 

 explanatis, lobo basali distincto ; elytris striis omnibus intearis 

 late impressis: macula prima magna paulo obliqua ab humeris 



tZtPHZ^^' maCUla S6CUnda **"*' ~*« 

 Long. I| lin. 



I found this species under stones at an elevation of 1000 feet on 

 the Island of Juan Fernandez. 



Variopalpus humeralis, Sol. I.e. p. 149. 

 A common insect in Central Chili. 



(Cy^X). LPUS BREVICOLLIS > Germ - A ™- Univ. Chile, 1855,p.386 



Differs from V. humeralis in the rather more robust antenna and 

 m the shorter thorax The elytra are shining piceous, with obsolete 



Tn-o h ? t 6 ^ bl t Ck; th r? reSt -° f the b0d ^ P a,e rufo-testaceous 

 1 do not know whence Germain obtained this insect. 



Ubs.— Ihe genus Axinopalpus, Leconte, two years posterior in date 



