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Scorinus Kirby. 
Labrum bifidum. | 
Labium bifidum : lobis divaricatis. 
Mandibule apice conniventes, dentate. 
Maaille basi apertze. | 
Palpi crassiusculi: articulo extimo majori obtriangulari. - 
Mentum bifidum: lobis divaricatis. E 
Antenne moniliformes, apicem versus subcrassiores: articulo ex- 
timo brevissimo vix distincto. 
Corpus ovatum, marginatum. 
This genus resembles Erodius and Asida in the last joint of the 
antenne, but it differs from them both in the labrum, labium, and 
mentum. With Erodius it has a bifid sternum ; its clypeus, how- 
ever, is not bifid, in which it agrees with Asida, but the sternum 
of the latter genus is entire. 
crenicollis. 53. Sc. subcinerca a thoracis margine cré- 
nato. 
Pirate XXI. Fre. 14. 
| Long. corp. lin. 94. 
Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. — — 
Corpus obovatum, obscurum, nigrum, ex setulis emet re qui- 
busdam brevissimis subcinereum, levissimum, supra planius- 
culum. .. Caput deflexum, inæquale, inter oculos postice trans- 
verse elevatum. Clypeus. antice emarginatus, apice in medio 
triangulo nitido. Labrum magnum, nitidum, vix longitudine 
latius, piceum, excavato-punctatum, apice bifidum: lobis ro- 
tundatis. Labium breve, nitidum, excavato- -punctatum, piceum, 
apice bifidum: lobis divaricatis. Palpi breves crassi: articulo 
extimo majori obtriangulari. Mentum basi constrictum, apice 
latissimum, 
