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Show 1874.] MR. E. C. REED ON CHILIAN COLEOPTERA. 61 adopted, as his description has never been published, his paper being obtainable by the usual means through commerce, and therefore not admissible according to the rules established by Zoological Congresses. This species was taken by the late Dr. Krause at Corral, in Valdivia. FORTAX METICULOSA. Feronia meticulosa, Dej. Spec. Gen. v. p. 762; Sol. I. c. p. 234 (Feronia). Fortax meticulosa, Motsch. Feronia obscuripennis, Sol. 1. c. p. 236. Common in Central Chili. FORTAX BLANDA. Feronia (Steropus) blanda, Erich. Meyen's Reise, Ins. p. 348. Feronia marginata, Waterh. Ann. Mag. N. H. 1841, vii. p. 124. 1 Feronia parvula, Sol. I. c. p. 236. Differs from F. meticulosa in its smaller size (3| to 4 lines), shining elytra iu both sexes, and reddish legs. Occurs with the preceding, but is much less common. Subfamily HARPALIN.E. POLPOCHILA CHILENSIS. Polpochila chilensis, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. J 9 (Melanotus). Polpochila parallela, Sol. I. c. p. 217 (1849). This genus has received four names, in the following order of date: - Melanotus, Dej., 1831 (name preoccupied in Coleoptera); Polpochila, Solier, 184y; Cratocara, Leconte, 1863; and Phyma-tocephalus, Schaum, 1864. In Gay's work this species is stated to be 1| line long and 2 lines wide, and to have been found in Valdivia. My specimens, however, are 6 lines long, and were found in Central Chili. PARAMECUS L.EVIGATUS. Paramecus lavigatus, Dej. Spec. Gen. iv. p. 45 ; Sol. I. c. p. 197. Common throughout Chili. The two following appear to be varieties of this variable species:- P A R A M E C U S PARALLELUS, Chaud. Bull. Mosc. 1843, iv. 779. P A R A M E C U S NIGER, Cast. Etud. Entom. i. p. 68 ; Sol. I. c. p. 198. ANISOTARSUS L^VIS. Anisotarsus lavis, Curtis, Linn. Trans, xlviii. p. 194 (Harpalus). Harpalus aquilatus, Sol. 1. c. p. 258. Very common in Central Chili. ANISOTARSUS PUNCTOBASIS, Sol. I. c. p. 259 (Harpalus). I have not seen this species, and am not sure that it belongs to the genus. |
