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the feelers, and which go in search of their food at 

 night. They resemble many of the European spring 

 ing beetles covered with scales, and included by 

 Megerle under the name Lepidotus; such aiefasci- 

 atus, nwrintis, varius. Two Aphodii were found ; 

 one, of the size of the Psammodius porcatus, but very 

 flat, lives under the bark of a decayed tree, the 

 wood of which has become soft. Another has the 

 almost prickly shoulders of the Aphodius stercorator 

 and asper ; of these we form the species Stenocnemis, 

 and include therein four new varieties found in Brazil 

 and Lucon. It may be here observed, that Psarmno- 

 diussabuleti and cylmdricus N., must be classed with 

 JEgiafia, which, on account of the horny nature of 

 their jaws, and the projection of the upper lip, enter 

 into the same class with Trox ; the remaining kinds 

 of Psammodius &amp;gt; however, do not at all agree with 

 the character given them by Gyilenhal, and ought 

 in their turn to be classed with Aphodius. Among 

 the remaining beetles, all of which dwell under the 

 bark of trees, a Parandra was the largest. 



During our two months stay in the Bay of Ma 

 nilla, we could only become acquainted with a small 

 part of the natural productions, in which the large 

 island of Lufon appears extremely rich, because it 

 is difficult to procure them without travelling far 

 into the interior ; but the country round Manilla 

 and Cavite being cultivated to the distance of seve 

 ral days journey, the woods of the mountains alone 

 remain in a state of nature. There dwell the 



