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the insects which have come into my hands have been Coleop- 

 tera ; and among them, besides many already known, which 

 are noteworthy, from their geographical distribution and 

 affinities, there are also several new and interesting species, 

 which I purpose to describe in the following pages. 



The most striking of these are not from the country imme- 

 diately around Quito (which Professor Jameson informs me is 

 not rich in insects), but from the warm and wooded valleys of 

 the Andes, where nature smiles and puts on her gayest attire. 



As might be expected from its position (occupying as it does 

 nearly a middle place between the countries on the east and 

 west of the Andes), the district in question furnishes not only 

 species peculiar to itself, but also others properly belonging 

 to the countries lying on each side of it. A considerable pro- 

 portion of those which I have received are species already 

 familiar to entomologists, as inhabiting the large tract of 

 country formerly known under the name of Columbia, now 

 broken up into several smaller states. Among the most striking 

 of these I may mention ; — Pseudoxyclieila bipustulata, Ster- 

 culia fulgens, Philonthus flavipennis, and dives, the rare La- 

 tona spinolce, and Conotelus vicinus, Oocysternon conspicil- 

 latum, Hoplites Pan, the magnificent Chrysopliora chryso- 

 chlora, Lasiocala fulvohirta, &c. &c. Of the species already 

 known as inhabiting the Peruvian side of the mountains, the 

 numbers have been fewer, the most striking being the cu- 

 rious Golofa Eacus, Cybister laevigatus, Scarites auricu- 

 latus, &c. Besides these, there are a considerable number 

 of species, differing from any known to inhabit the adjacent 

 countries. Some of these, such as Ancognatlia Scarabceoides, 

 Erichs., Heterogomphus Bourcieri, Guer., &c, have been al- 

 ready described, but the most of them still remain unknown. 

 I shall endeavour to reduce the number of these, by publish- 

 ing from time to time descriptions of some of the species which 

 I have already received, or may in future receive, from Pro- 

 fessor Jameson. This mode of recording them will necessarily 

 render it impossible to follow out any determinate arrange- 

 ment. I shall therefore not attempt any, but shall merely 

 take them as they come to my hands. 



