356 CLAVICORNIA — SCYDMAENIDAE. 



Black, shiny; antennae and palpi dark nist-red, witli apex 

 brown; legs brownisli-red. Pubescence on elytra shorter and 

 less diffuse than in S.hirticollis. Scarce. S. fimetarius, Tli. 



h. Antennae with three distinctly larger apical joints ; 



length \ line. 

 Pitch-brown ; antennae and legs yellow-brown. Thorax 

 scarcely narrowed behind, with two depressions at base ; 

 elytra ovate, smooth, impressed at base. Pare. 



>S'. nanus, Scliaum. 



A, Abdomen red-brown. 



Head and thorax black, margins of latter arid the elytra 

 red-brown; antennae and legs liglit l)rown. Thorax punc- 

 tured on disc, with four dej^ressions at base ; elytra punc- 

 tured, with two depressions at base of each, sutural angle 

 of apex obtuse. L. h 1. Pare. E. plicata, Gyll. 



J5. Abdomen pitchy. 



a. Elytra yellowish-brown. 



Pather flat. Pitchy ; elytra yellowish-brown ; antennae 

 and legs red-yellow; with short gray pubescence. Antennae 

 with last three joints larger, l^ibescence shorter and 

 stronger than in E. plicata. L. f 1. Scarce. 



E. Schaumi, Kies. 



b. Elytra pitcli-black. 



Head and thorax pitcli-ljlack, antennae and legs red- 

 brown ; base of thorax witli five depressions ; sutural angles 

 of elytra at apex right angles. L. | 1. Not connnon. 



E. scydmacnoidcs, Steph. 



Cephennuini, 



A, Thorax much dilated in front. 



Pitch-l)lack, sliiny ; antennae and legs reddisli-yellow- 

 brown ; with very fine, gray pultescence. Thorax convex ; 

 elytra extremely finely and indistinctly punctured, each 

 with a depression at l^ase. Head and thorax often brown. 

 L. f 1. Pather common. G. thoracic urn, Miill. 



J5. Thorax slightly dilated in front. 



Brown-black, sliiny; antennae, palpi and legs yellow- 

 red. Last three joints of antennae larger ; thorax slightly 

 dilated in front, one-third broader than long, posterior 



