Capt. P. P. King's South American Coleoptera. 185 



obcordate-truncate, sides margined, base nearly straight, with a trans- 

 verse channel, the angles rounded and notched, not covering the nar- 

 rowed base of the abdomen : scutellum large and very flat, placed on the 

 narrowed base of the abdomen. Elytra connate, much broader than the 

 thorax, convex, elongate-ovate, the sides inflexed, forming a sharp narrow 

 margin, apex rounded. Legs rather long, anterior the shortest and stout- 

 est ; thighs stout, anterior with 3 or 4 tubercles on the inside towards 

 the base : tibicv, anterior short and stout, notched and a little dilated, a 

 very long spine on the notch and a longer one at the apex, which is pec- 

 tinated ; the other tibiae bristly, with strong spurs at the apex and pec- 

 tinated : tarsi not pubescent beneath, anterior with the basal joint the 

 largest, being a little dilated externally, the 3 following obtrigonate: 

 claws simple and rather slender, 



6. Cardiophthalmus Clivinoides. Curt. 



Tab. XV. Fig. C. 



Lsevis, niger ; antennis brunneis ; thorace porca transversa, basali ; elytris in 



distinct^ striatis, apice rugosis. 

 Length 9 lines ; breadth 3^. 



Smooth black, eyes lurid : thorax with the anterior and hinder margins cili- 

 ated with ochreous hairs ; a shallow transverse curved suture before and a 

 deeper broad one parallel and close to the base, terminating in a slight fovea 

 before reaching the angles ; the extreme base is also depressed, forming 

 a rounded ridge between it and the channel above ; longitudinal channel 

 shallow ; suture a little depressed at the base ; elytra with the strijje nearly 

 obliterated, sutural stria abbreviated, the others most evident at the apex, 

 which is rugose ; a line of punctures along the margin. Tropin and an- 

 tennce ferruginous- brown, intermediate and hinder thighs with a row of 

 deep punctures beneath. 



If this be a male, it must belong to the Scaritidce, as the tarsi are smooth 

 beneath. It certainly bears a great resemblance to Leiochiton, 

 A single specimen was taken at Port Famine. 



