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globose joints, the last of whicli is acuminated and slightly cut 

 away on one side, as in some of the preceding species. The 

 thorax is obovate, broadest below the middle, and gradually 

 narrowed towards the apex. The elytra have the usual two 

 shoulder-ridges, and are rather strongly dehiscent at the apex. 

 The two ])osterior coxpe are rather distant at the base ; the tibife 

 are slightly angustated and subcylindric at tlie apex, the four 

 anterior ones hairy; the first pair, moreover, slightly bent at the 

 base and apex, but the rest nearly straight. 



41. Scydmcembs angusticeps, N. 



S. castaneus, autennis pedibusque dilutioribus, tarsis palpisque tes- 

 taceis. Long. corp. 1 lin. 



Caput magnum, subtrigonum, occipite fortiter angustato, hoc et 

 tliorace longe pilosis. Antennae art. 3 et 4, .5 et 6 inter se sub- 

 aiqualibus, 7-11 gradatim majoribus, vel 9—10 subsequalibus, sub- 

 globosis, 8-10 leviter depressis, cum 11° clavam formantibus. Palpi 

 maxill. art. 2" tenuiore, 3° inverte conico, 4° mediocri, conico-acumi- 

 nato. Thorax obconicus, basi subquadratus, 2-sinuatus et 4-foveo- 

 latus. Elytra costis 2 fortioribus abbreviatis. Tibiae subrectae. 



A handsome species, of a chestnut colour, more or less deep, 

 with lighter legs and antennje. The head is large, heavy, and, 

 from the eyes to the neck, strongly triangnlar; the occiput and 

 thorax are covered with long hair, which adds much to the pe- 

 culiar appearance of the insect. The antennae are thick and 

 robust, the club 4-jointed. The thorax is subquadrate at the 

 base up to the middle, and conic towards the apex. The punc- 

 tures or pits at the base are four in number. The scutellum is 

 small. The humeral costse are more strongly developed than in 

 any of the other species, and traceable to the middle of the 

 elytra. The tibife are nearly straight, subcylindric at the apex ; 

 the four anterior ones hairy. The tarsi have joints 2-4 nearly 

 subequal. 



B. Species without a neck. 



42. Scydmanus ovatus, N. 



S. ovatus, convexus, brunneus. Long. corp. \ lin. 



Caput subquadrato-ovatum. Antenna; art. 3—11 sensim incras- 

 satis, 9-11 subglobosis, depressis, cum 11° magno, conico clavam 

 formantibus. Palpi maxill. art. 4° minuto, acuminato. Thorax 

 amp/us, fie)uiurbicularis, margine posteriore medio producto, basi 2- 

 foveolatus. Tarsis art. 1-4 subaequiilibus. 



The colour of this insect is, as usual, shaded- off from brown 



