NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1868. 35 



its antennae, the sinuation of the base of its thorax near the 

 somewhat prominent hinder angles, the second, third and 

 fourth joints of its posterior tarsi being perceptibly shorter, 

 and the first joint of the intermediate tarsi in the male wider ; 

 and from the latter by its longer ferruginous antennae (of 

 which the seventh joint is oblong), its somewhat shining and 

 more convex elytra, which are widened before the middle 

 and have deeper striae, conspicuous up to the base, its less 

 strongly spinulose posterior tibiae, and thegenae almost equal 

 in width to the diameter of the eyes. 



I imagine the word '* picipes " may possibly be a mistake 

 for ^^fuscus'' in Thomson's comparison. In his '^Conspectus 

 Specierum," p. 344, he places Jlavicornis between nigricans 

 and Juscus in a group composed solely of those three species, 

 and as far removed as po'ssible from plcipes, — the sectional 

 characters for which ought to have been amply sufficient to 

 distinguish it, without recapitulation or addition. 



32. ScYDMiENus FiMETARius, Thomsou, Skaud. Col., iv, 

 p. 89 {Euconnus)', G. R. Crotch, 1. c, p. 69. 



Mr. Crotch states that he has found this insect in several 

 localities. 



Thomson desciibes it as very like S. hirticollis, but with 

 the penultimate joint of the palpi and antennae fuscous, and 

 the hairs on the elytra shorter and less scattered. He also 

 lays stress on its habitat, which he says is under rotten 

 vegetable matter in hot-beds, whereas hirticollis is described 

 as occurring in woods in marshy places under fallen leaves. 

 I must admit that there seems little actual difference here in 

 the pabulum. 



d2 



