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A NEW SPECIES OF SCYDM^NVS. 

 BY THE EEV. W. W. FOWLER, M.A., F.L.S. 



SCTDM^NUS POWERI, 71. sp. 

 iSat convexiim, nigrocastaneum, pilis longis jlavis indutum ; pronoto longiore, 

 ante mediuon latissimo, lateribus antrorsum rotundatis, ad basim sensim contractis, 

 foveis quatuor parvis ad basim impresso; elytris ovatis, convexis, dilatatis, ante 

 medium latissimis, quatuor magnis foveis ad basim, et puncturis modicis hand pro- 

 fundis diffusius impressis ; antennis sat Jongis, Jlavis, primo et secundo articulo pari 

 longitudine, tertio his infeminis vix, in maribus aliqtcantultim breviore,tribus ultimis 

 sat subito latioribus, ultimo apice modice aciiminato. 



Differt a S. pusillo colore et forma et puncturd elytrorum minus profundd ; a 

 S. Sparsliallii sculpturd thoracis, et tertio antennarum articulo valde abhorret. 



Length, ^ lin. 



Head rather large : ejes large and somewhat prominent. Antennae pale tes- 

 taceous, rather large ; first and second joints about equal in length ; third joint 

 shorter than the preceding, but not very perceptibly so in the female. 



Thorax longer than broad, anteriorly rounded, very gradually narrowed towards 

 the base, impunctate, thinly covered with long yellowish hairs ; with four small 

 round foveae, not connected by any line, at the base ; the two centre ones are close 

 together, and their sculpture is rather indistinct in some specimens. 



Elytra oval, rather wide, convex, rather thickly covered with long yellowish 

 hairs, with four large depressions at the base — the inside pair being considerably the 

 larger — and with rather large shallow and somewhat diffuse punctures. 



Legs yellow ; femora somewhat inflated at apex. 



This species comes rather near S. pusillus, Miill., but may be dis- 

 tinguished by its colour, which resembles that of S. elongatulus, as 

 well as by its general form, smaller size, and the shape and punctuation 

 of the elytra, the latter in 8. pusillus being evidently coarser and more 

 diffuse than in S. Poioeri. 



Dr. Power has for some time had this species turned on one side 

 in his cabinet as distinct, and, as it has been returned to me by M. 

 Fauvel as unknown, I venture, at Dr. Power's request, to describe it. 



Eight specimens taken by Dr. Power, one at Seaton, in Devon- 

 shire, on January 3rd, 1866, two at Wimbledon, on February 23rd, 

 1867, three at Wimbledon, March 25th, 1871, one at Birdbrook, Essex, 

 August 18th, 1865, and another in the same locality, April, 1868. It 

 is a marsh species. 



The School House, Lincoln : 

 March 18th, 1884. 



