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IX. Descriptions, S^c. of the Insects collected hy Captain P. P. King, R.N. 

 F.R.S. <§■ L.S. in the Survey of the Straits of Magellan. By John Curtis, Esq., 

 F.L.S., ^c* 



Read May 1st, 1838. 



Order. Coleoptera. 



Family. Carabid^. 



*1. Carabus suturalis. Fab. 



A SPECIMEN agreeing with the Fabrician description was found at Port 

 St. Elena ; and a very fine variety, with the head, thorax, and elytra of a 

 beautiful copper colour, was taken at Port Famine by Lieut. Graves. Mr. 

 Miller informs me that many specimens of the C. Chilensis, Esch. have been 

 met with under the bark of trees at Conception. These are the only species 

 of Carabus found in South America that have come under my observation, 

 and one of them departs considerably from the typical form. 



2. Calosoma retusum. Oliv., Fab.? 

 Cape Gregory. 



*3. Calosoma laterale. Kirb. 

 Maldonado in November. Lieut. Graves. 



N. G. Cascellius. Curt. 



Caput subparvum, ovatum. Thorax elongatus, obovatus, truncatus. Elytra 

 magna, convexa, ovalia, basi angustata, apice rotundata. Tibice anteriores 

 profundi emarginatee, extus denticulatae. Tarsi anteriores in mare arti- 

 culis tribus basdlibus dilatatis obtrigonis : intermedii, praesertim in arti- 

 culo basali subdilatati. Antennae articulo 2do brevi, Imo et 3tio eequa- 

 libus. Palpi maxillares exteriores articulo 2do longissimo, 3tio brevi, 4to 



* Continued from p. 359, vol. xvii. — Those species with the asterisk attached are in the cabinets of 

 Mr. Curtis. 



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