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Show 52 MR. E. C. REED ON CHILIAN COLEOPTERA. [Jan. 6, CICINDELA GORMAZI. (Plate XIII. fig. 3.) Cicindela gormazi, Reed, Entom. Monthly Mag. viii. 1871, p. 77. Besides the characters mentioned in m y description, this species is distinguished from C. chiliensis by its broad apical lunule, the upper lobe of which is short and rounded ; in C. chiliensis the upper lobe always forms a hook curved upwards and outwards. A variety of C. gormazi occurs, in which all the white marks of the elytra are much broader, the lunules coalescing on the sides with the base of the middle sinuous band. Taken by Captain Vidal Gormaz, of the Chilian Navy, in the province of Llanquihue*. CARABIDJE. Subfamily M I G A D O P I N J E. M I G A D O P S B I M A C U L A T U S , n. sp. (Plate XIII. fig. 7.) Oblongus, subdepressus, niger nitidissimus; elytris irideis, utrinque macula reniformi rufa ante apicem et versus suturam ; capitis vertice macula rufa; thorace transversim quadrato, postice haud angustato, angulis anticis et posticis produclis, acutis, margine laterali explanato et valde refiexo ; elytris vix striatis. S . Tarsorum anticorum articulis quatuor dilatatis, subtus spongiosis ; intermediorum articulis tribus subtus spongiosis, sed vix dilatatis. Long. 6 lin. The perfectly glabrous four basal joints of the antennse, simple fourth tarsal joint, and large median tooth of the mentum show that this very remarkable insect belongs rather to Migadops than to any other of the genera into which the anomalous family Migadopidse has been divided. The unique specimen of this species, figured on Plate XIII. fig. 7, was taken by Dr. Pendavis, of the Chilian Navy, on the banks of the river Ay sen. MIGADOPS DARWINII. Migadops darwinii,W&terhouse, Ann. ScMa^.^ .K. 1842, ix.p. 138. Straits of Magellan. MIGADOPS NIGROCERULEA, Waterh. I.e. p. 138. Straits of Magellan. MIGADOPS OVALIS, Waterh. /. c. p. 139, t. 3. f. 3. Straits of Magellan. BRACHYCCELUS VIRESCENS. Brachyccelus virescens, Waterh. /. c. p. 136, t. iii. fig. 2 (Migadops). Brachyccelus duponti, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1842, p. 848. Straits of Magellan. * Tetracha chilensis has been erroneously introduced into the Chilian lists • I have never met with a specimen found in the country. |