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44, Kuconnus palpalis. 
Rufo-castaneus, dense pubescens ; antennis gracilibus, tantum subclavatis ; capite dense pubescens; prothorace 
conico-elongato ; elytris humeris omnino brevissime elevatis. 
Long. 24 millim. 
Hab. GuatEMALA, Cubilguitz in Vera Paz (Champion). 
Palpi elongate. Antenne with the first joint exposed, the second joint elongate ; 
joints 3-6 slender, gradually increasing in length, the third longer than broad, the sixth 
more than twice as long as broad; the seventh joint rather shorter than the sixth, and 
not perceptibly broader, the eighth to the tenth each becoming a little shorter, but only 
very slightly broader ; the terminal joint about as long as the sixth. Head declivous in 
front. Thorax elongate, regularly conic, rather densely pubescent. lytra with 
extremely short basal depression, so that the humeral elevation is correspondingly 
short. Front tibiz with the pubescence on the inner face of their lower part remark- 
ably developed. 
This distinct species is unique. The pubescence on the inner face of the front tibie, 
conspicuous in many of our species of this group, here attains its maximum development. 
45. Kuconnus simplicitus. 
Scydmenus simplicitus, Schauf. Mon. p. 57°. 
Hab. Mrxtico, Teapa}. 
SCYDMANUS. 
Scydmenus, Latreille, Gen. Crust. et Ins. i. p. 281 (1802); Reitter, Ins. Deutsch. iii. pt. 2, p. 172. 
Cyrtoscydmus (Motsch.), Reitter, Wien. ent. Zeit. iv. p. 58. ~ 
This name has until quite recently been used to include the majority of the species 
of the family; most of the extra-European forms are now recognized as belonging to 
Euconnus, and it is probable that Scydmenus will prove characteristic of the north 
temperate region. The Guatemalan species that I ascribe to it is somewhat aberrant, 
the pseudo-terminal joint of the maxillary palpus being more securiform than usual. 
Reitter has lately proposed to sink the name Scydmenus, hitherto used by himself 
and all other entomologists, as a mere synonym of Humicrus, and to adopt in its place 
the more recent (and unrecognized) Cyrtoscydmus; but as this course has no practical 
advantage, other than conformity with a theory as to the treatment of generic names 
that may or may not receive general assent, I am not yet inclined to follow him. 
1. Scydmeenus brevipes. (Tab. II. fig. 19.) 
Subdepressus, hirsutus, pallide brunneus, antennis pedibusque testaceis ; prothorace oblongo, postice in medio 
profunde bifoveolato. 
Long. 14 millim. 
Hab. Guaremata, El Tumbador 2500 feet, Cerro Zunil 4000 to 5000 feet, Capetillo, 
Duefias (Champion). -_ 
