Capt. P. P. King's Soutn American Coleoptera. 197 



Family. BUPRESTIDiE. 



*29. PsiLOPTERA CUPRO-^NEA ? Humb. et Bonpl. p. 49. pi. 33./. 5. 

 From Valparaiso. T>i«r»s.jL.A.> 



Family. ELATERID^E. 



30. Pyrophorus lucifugus. Curt. 



Brunneus, dens^ et minutfe punctatus, pubescensque : antennis breviusculis, 

 compressis cum pedibus nifescenti-brunneis ; thorace convexo, subqua- 

 drato, maculis duabus basalibus rotundis luminosis ; elytris baud atte- 

 nuatis. 



Length 9^, breadth 2f lines. 



Brown, pubescent, thickly and minutely punctured : head not broad : thorax 

 convex, subquadrate with a perfectly round yellow spot at each of the 

 basal angles, the hinder margins ferruginous : elytra very long, not atte- 

 nuated but rounded at the apex, densely clothed with brown pubescence, 

 the punctate striae distinct : antennae linear, compressed, not longer than 

 the thorax, light reddish-brown as well as the legs. 



From Gorrite. The breadth of the elytra towards the apex distinguishes 

 this from E. lum'mosus, III. 



*31. Chalcolepidus porcatus. Fab. 

 From Rio de Janeiro. 



32. ^oLUS ? variegatus. Curt. 



Ochreus ; oculis, thoracis marginibus lateralibus posticfe, lineaque dorsali ni- 

 grescentibus ; elytris apice bispinosis ; macula scutelli utrinque, annulis- 

 que duobus subovatis ponfe medium piceis. 



Length 4 lines, breadth 1. 



Labrum vertical ; tvophi concealed ; antennce with the 2nd and 3rd joints not 

 much shorter than the following. Ferruginous-ochre, thickly and mi- 

 nutely punctured, and clothed with short ochreous pubescence. Thorax 

 quadrate-ovate, nearly linear, basal angles not long ; a dorsal line, the 

 lateral margins posteriorly, and the eyes blackish. Elytra ochreous, 



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