Capt. P. P. King's South American Coleoptera. 183 



Scaritidce that I have long considered they were closely connected*, and 

 I think the insects before us confirm this view, for they are nearly related to 

 Broscus, Panz., and equally so to my genus Leiochitonf. Never having seen 

 the genus Baripus, Dej., I am unable to ascertain if it be allied to my group, 

 but the masculine tarsi readily distinguish them. 



*4. Cascellius Kingii. Curt. 

 Tab. XV. Fig. A. 



Cupreo-viridis ; elytris lineis punctorum undulatis, parum impressis quasi re- 

 ticulatis, nisi in lateribus deflexis ; antennis pedibusque piceis, illarum 

 articulo basali tibiisque ferrugineis. 



Length 7\ lines ; breadth 2|. 



^neous with a coppery tinge down the middle, shining: head with faint lines 

 in front : thorax convex, with a channel down the middle and two shallow 

 fovea; at the posterior angles, which are a little rounded, sides with a 

 narrow margin and a few punctures producing long hairs : elytra not 

 thrice as long as the thorax, but broader, convex, the sides deflexed, 

 forming an angular ridge parallel to the costa, on which there are 9 

 punctures : 9 waved shallow lines of punctures on each, portions of the 

 alternate spaces between them smooth and dull, appearing reticulated : 

 basal joint of antennae and tibiae ferruginous : trophi castaneous : mandi- 

 bles and labrum blackish at the apex ; thighs and tarsi piceous. 



Two specimens of this beautiful species, which I have named in honour of 

 Capt. P. P. King, were found in Chili. 



*5. Cascellius Gravesii. Curt. 



Tab. XV. Fig. B. 



Piceo-nitens, supra cupreus ; elytris obsolete striatis, laevibus, convexis ; tro- 



phis, antennis, pedibusque ferrugineis ; femoribus castaneis. 

 Length 5 lines ; breadth If. 



* Vide my arrangement of the Carabida in the 2nd edition of the Guide. 



t Brit. Ent. vol. viii. pi. 346 : this seems to be Eschscholz's genus Miscodera, but whether he has 

 ever published the characters I have never been able to learn : Leiochiton was established in 1831. 



2 B 2 



