156 SCYDMAENlJS PYRIFORMIS. 



puiictuatiou of the elytra, and moreover by the shape of 

 the two apical antennal joints , these being of equal width. It 

 is however allied to that species by the two-jointed an- 

 tennal club. 



The eyes are not prominent. — The prothorax is broadly 

 heart-shaped, elongated anteriorly, in other words: longer 

 than broad, the sides are strongly rounded, more narro- 

 wed in front than behind. 



16. Scydmaenus pyriformis, Nietn. 



(Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 2ud Ser. Vol. XX (1857). p. 188). 

 (= bnmnipennis Motsch. Etud. ent. 1858. p. 30). 



Rufus, antenuarum articulis tribus ultimis obscurioribus , 

 pedibus pallidis, longius disperse hirsutus; antennarum ar- 

 ticulis 1 — 8 tenuibus , primo et secundo elongatis, 3 — 8 

 mouiliformibus , clava triarticulata , nono et decimo globo- 

 sis , undecimo obovato; capite majore, convexo, subqua- 

 drato , lateribus ad apicem parum angustatis , angulis pos- 

 ticis rotundatis ; thorace hirsutulo , parum latitudiue longiore , 

 antice rotundato-ampliato , angulis posticis subrectis , basi 

 leviter rotuudata , linea utriuque plica abbreviata impressa , 

 medio profuude bi-foveolato ; elytris ovatis , lateribus ro- 

 tundatis , sutura antice , basi utrinque impressis , supra dis- 

 perse punctatis , hirsutulis ; femoribus subelevatis , obscurio- 

 ribus. — Long. 1 mm., lat. V^ mm. 



Hab. (Ceylon); Java (Raadt); Batavia (Sijthoff). — Very 

 common. 



Both the small grooves in the basal line of the thorax 

 are less deep and wide in the specimens from Batavia than 

 in certain other specimens, which only bear the general 

 indication of habitat: Java. The little fold, by which 

 the basal line is bounded on both sides near the hind an- 

 gles of the prothorax, is almost imperceptible. 



The head in the female is somewhat more rounded pos- 

 teriorly. 



This species is easily recognized by the very remotely 



Notes from the Leyclen 3VIu.seu.in, Vol. IV. 



