202 CLASS INSECTA. 



The only species known {Scarites rtificornis, Fab.) inha- 

 bits the Cape of Good Hope. 



Scarites, Fab. 



Have the four hind-legs straight, generally united, having 

 small spines on their edges only ; the intermediate have for 

 certain on the outer side one or two teeth ; the trochanter of 

 the posterior thighs is much smaller than the thighs them- 

 selves. The mandibles are in form of an elongated ti'iangle, 

 strongly indented at their base. The second and third arti- 

 culation of the antennae are in form of a reversed cone, nearly 

 uniform in size, and the following are grained. 



Some have two teeth on the outer edge of the interme- 

 diate legs. 



(Scarites pyracmon, Bonelli Dej. Spec. I. 367- Scarites 

 gigas, OHv. Col. III. No. 36, I. 1 ; Clairv. Entom. Helv. 

 II. 9.) is about an inch long; wingless; flat; of a shining 

 black, with the elytra a little enlarged behind ; marked with 

 very fine striae, slightly dotted, the third stria having near 

 its termination two deep distinct points. The head, accord- 

 ing to Dejean, is much larger in the male than in the female ; 

 it has two impressions and little ridges in front. The corslet 

 has posteriorly a tooth on each side, and three of them may 

 be made out on the fore-legs. This is found on the borders 

 of the Mediterranean, in the south of France, and east of 

 Spain. M. Lefebvre de Cerisy, a distinguished marine officer 

 and good entomologist, has published some observations on 

 its habits. 



Scarites terricola, Bonelli Dej. Spec. I. 398, has wings to 

 the body eight or nine lines long, and black. The fore-legs 

 have three strong teeth, followed by three other very small 

 ones ; the outer edge of the two following legs have only one 

 each. The elytra are elongated, striated, and slightly rugose. 



