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Show 58 MR. E. C. REED ON CHILIAN COLEOPTERA. [Jan. 6, TROPOPTERUS GIRAUDYI, Sol. I.e. p. 212. TROPOPTERUS DUPONCHELII, Sol. 1. c. p. 213. TROPOPTERUS NITIDUS, Sol. I. c. p. 213. TROPOPTERUS MONTAGNEI, Sol. I.e. p. 214. 1 have met with but one species of this genus, Tropopterus nitidus. The genus, which seems to be unknown to European coleopterists, is closely allied to Colpodes, being similar in shape to such species as C. grandicollis. The antennae thickened towards the apex, and the grooved sternum, may suffice to keep it distinct. The fourth joint of the anterior tarsi in the 6 is as broad as the preceding. Southern Chili. Subfamily ANTARCTIIN^E. H A B R O P U S CARNIFEX, Fab. Sys. El. i. p. 195. Metius splendidus, Guer. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 297; Sol. I.e. p. 184. This species varies in colour from coppery-red to nearly green. It is found from Valdivia to Magellan, and perhaps at Buenos Ayres. ANTARCTIA FEMORATA, Dej. Spec. Gen. iii. p. 535. In the neighbourhood of Santiago. ANTARCTIA LEUCOSCELIS, Putzeys, Mem. Soc. Roy. d. Liege. ANTARCTIA ANDICOLA, Dej. Spec. Gen. v. p. 806. Apparently closely allied to A. malachitica, which is not a Chilian insect, although given as such by Gay (I.e. p. 251), but from the Falkland Islands. Found " in the Andes of Chile " by Lacordaire. ANTARCTIA ANTIQUA, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1865, iv. p. 275. Very similar to A. fiavipes, but with shining bronze-coloured elytra. Said to have been taken in Chiloe. ANTARCTIA FLAVIPES, Dej. I. c. p. 533. The commonest species of the genus in Chili, occurring everywhere. ANTARCTIA BREVICORNIS, Putz. I. c. p. 15. Described from a single male in the collection of Baron Chaudoir, taken by M. Germain. ANTARCTIA CHILENSIS, Dej. I. c. v. p. 805. ANTARCTIA ANNULICORNIS, Curtis, Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. p. 193. A species from Port Famine, nearly allied to A. chilensis, but larger (4| to 5 lines). ANTARCTIA COQUIMBANA, Sol. I.e. p. 245. |
