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M. porcalus, Lat. Body oval, black, with the head small ; thorax 

 margined, and three elevated lines on the elytra ; elytra short, 

 truncated. 1 line long. Europe. Nouv. Diet. xx. 519. 



Gen. SCAPHIDIUM, Lat. Fab. Silpha, Lin. 

 Body navicular, narrowed and pointed at both ends ; antennae 

 terminated by five globular joints, forming the club ; elytra 

 truncated ; feet long and slender. 



S. quadrimaculatum, Lat. Body shining black, with the elytra widely 

 dotted, and each marked with a blood-red spot ; legs striated. In- 

 habits Europe, on fungi. Lat. Hist. ix. pi. 78, fig. 5. 



Gen. CHOLEVA, Lat. Dermestes, De Geer, Catops, Fab. 



Maxillary palpi elongated, subulate ; club of the antennae elon- 

 gated, of five joints ; labium membranaceous, subquadrate, 

 deeply notched ; body oval. 



C. villosa, Lat. Blackish, pubescent, with the feet pale-brown. 1^ 

 line long. Neighbourhood of Paris. Lat. Gen. ii. 29. 



Gen. MyLffiCHus, Lat. 



Antennae with the first joints perceptibly longer than the fol- 

 lowing, the five last forming the club. 



M. brunneus, Lat. Chestnut-brown, ovate, pubescent, finely and 

 widely dotted, with a very small dentation on the posterior thighs. 

 1 line long. Found near Paris. Lat. Gen. pi. 8, fig. 11. 



TRIBE III. PALPATOEES. 



Head ovoid, separated from the thorax by a strangulation ; an- 

 terior extremity of the thorax narrower than the head ; maxil- 

 lary palpi tumid toward their extremity, and at least the 

 length of the head ; abdomen ovoid and covered by the elytra. 



The insects of this tribe are of small size, of a uniform and obscure colour, and 

 live on the ground concealed under stones and decayed vegetables. 



Gen. MASTIGUS, Lat. Ptinus, Fab. 



Antennae almost filiform, and more or less bent ; labial palpi 

 short, the last joint small and pointed ; thorax subcordate ; 

 abdomen oval, enveloped by the elytra ; feet long and slender. 



M. palpalis, Lat. Body oblong, black and slightly downy ; elytra 

 finely dotted. 2^ lines long. Inhabits Portugal and Spain. 

 Lat. Gen. pi. 8, fig. 5. 



Gen. SCYDMJSNUS, Lat. Anthicus, Fab. 

 Antennae straight or slightly bent, perceptibly thicker at their 

 extremity ; maxillary palpi with the third joint very large, 

 and the last joint very small ; elytra covering the abdomen 

 entirely. 



S. Hellrvigii, Lat. Shining chestnut-brown, slightly pubescent ; last 



