90 COLEOPTERA. 



64. Choleva Kirbii, Spence in Linn. Trans.; Steph. Man, 

 Spencri, Stephens. 



rotmidicoUis, Kellner ; Kraatz. i 



tristisy var. 3 (Murray), Wat. Cat. p. 34. , 



The same remarks apply to this insect as to the last; it " 

 may be separated from trhti>i by its much smaller size, more | 

 convex appearance, and the punctuation of the thorax, which ■ 

 is much closer than in that species, and somewhat rujrulose. ' 

 I have taken large numbers of this insect, and never found I 

 it vary in appearance, and but very slightly in size; it has ; 

 more die habit of a small grandicollU than tristis, and might j 

 possibly be mistaken for a var. of the former of these, or \ 

 even for one of its sexes ; but I have repeatedly found the 

 sexes both oi' Kirbii and grandicolUs in copula, and even at 

 the same time and place, though the species have never been 

 mixed sexuallv. 



! 



Qb. ScYDM^NUs GoDARTi, Latr., Gen. i. 282; Erichs. Kaf. j 



Brand, i. 252, 1 ; Fairm. et Lab. Faun. Ent. Franc, j 



ii. 346, 1 ; Rev. A. Matthews, Zool. 7975 (^1862). i 



The first species of the genus, and the largest of our ; 



Scyhnceni, being nearly equal in size to Eumicrus tarsatus, j 



Miill., which it resembles in colour, but differs in the shape i 



of its head and thorax, and in having pointed elytra. ! 



Takenin July,1861,in Sherwood Forest, by Mr. Matthews,] 



and determined for him by M. Aube. 



QQ. ScYDM^NUS PUMiLio, Schaum ; Rev. A. Matthews,^ 



Zool. 7975 (1862). 



minutuSf Chaudoir. 



Allied to ^\ SparshalUi, Denny, but differs in being of aj 



darker colour and wider form, and having more obtuseljr 



pointed elytra. Its place is next after SimrslmlUi m our lists.( 



