208 ]\Ii'. D. Sharp's Contributions to the 



tliorax. Tlie maro^ins of the Gth and 7th segments of the 

 huid body pakn- than the rest. The legs elongate, yel- 

 lowish. The basal joint of the hind tarsi twice as long as 

 the second. 



Ega ; one specimen, ? . 



SCOP.EODES. 



Labrum transversum, medio profunde emarginatum. 



Caput pedunculo brevi tenui. 



Antenna3 fractae. 



Tarsi artlcnlo quarto simplice, posteriores articulo primo 

 seeundo longiore. 



Caput ante oculos elongatum, pedunculo brevi tenui 

 thoracis apici affixum ; oculis parvis, rotundatis. Labrum 

 transversum, medio profunde emarginatum. Maxilla^ mala 

 superiore brevi, apice barbata. Palpi maxillares articulo 

 primo minuto, seeundo tertiocpie longltudine subtequali- 

 bus, illo clavato, hoc apice incrassato, quarto a tertio 

 occulto. Ligula biloba, late emarginata, paraglossie ei lon- 

 gitudine aquales. Palpi labiales articido primo seeundo 

 breviore, hoc elongato, cylindrico; tertio angusto, prace- 

 dente fere duplo breviore. Antennae fractte, articulo ]:)rimo 

 elongato. Thorax angustus, apice attenuatus. Pedes sat 

 elongati, tibiis intcrmediis loviter spinulosis, ceteris fere 

 inermibus ; tarsis omnibus sim])licibus, posterioribus arti- 

 culo primo seeundo longiore. 



Genus intermedium inter Scopcpiim et Cnjptohium ; ab 

 illo antennis fractis, et ligula l)i]oba, ab hoc capitis collo 

 angusto, thoracis apice attenuato, distinct um. 



I give the above generic name to two new species allied 

 to Cryptohiuvi Avith some reluctance, because that genus 

 contains a variety of forms, several of Avhich, in one or 

 more respects, a])proach these insects ; the very narroAV 

 neck by which the head is articulated Avith the thorax is, 

 however, not met with in Crijptobiiun. 



1. Scopcpodes r/racilis,n.»p. Elongatus, testaceus, sub- 

 tilissime ])iuictulatus; capite vertice iere la?vi ; thorace 



basi minus distincte bi-impresso. Long. corp. 2^ lin. 

 JNlas : abdomine segment o 7" ventrali medio exciso. 



Antenna? rather shorter tlian head and thorax, distinctly 



