]60 LEPIDOCYETUS. 



shorter than the second or fourth. Thorax with a tuft 

 of short and sparing hairs. Abdominal hairs short. 



Switzerland. England. 



Not very common. 



Very active, runs in starts. The antennse are in per- 

 petual motion. It is very fond of pruning itself, and 

 extremely careful to keep its feet clean. 



Lepidocyrtus, Bourlet. 



Body, cylindrical. Segments unequal ; mesothorax 

 projecting more or less over the head. Eight eyes in 

 each group. 



Antennae, 4-jointed, shorter than the body, which is 

 covered with scales. 



Feet biunguiculate. Caudal appendage long. 



Lepidocyrtus ciirvicollis, Bourlet. 



Lepidocyrtus curvicollis, Bourlet. Mem. Soc. R. Lille, 1839 ; Mem. 



Soc. Douai, 1842. 

 Cyphodeirus capucinus, Nicolet. Mem. Soc. Helv., 1842. 

 Lepidocyrtus curvicollis, Gervais. Hist. Ins. Apteres, vol. iii. 



— capucinus, „ „ ,, „ 



Cyphodeirus — v Nicolet. Ann. Soc. Ent., France, 1847. 



Plate XXV. 



Bourlet' s description of this species is as follows : — 



" Thorace gibboso, capite deflexo, corpore toto 

 squamis plumbeis. 



" 2 millim. ^. Memes caracteres que ci-dessus. 

 Sous les pierres et le bois pourri, en tout tem]3S, ex- 

 cepte I'hiver." 



I have found a few specimens belonging apparently 

 to this species, and have also received some from Mr. 

 M'Intire. In its ordinary position- the head is com- 

 pletely hidden by the projecting boss of the thorax. 



M. Nicolet has, no doubt, correctly identified this 

 species with his Gijpliodeirus capucinus, the description 

 of which I subjoin. 



" Entierement d'un jaune orange, sauf les antennes, 



