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the last joint of the tarsi bipartite, serrate. The type he 

 has named Phys. Desiani, the length of which is four lines, 

 and is found at Mariella. 



In the same plate is figured M. Eschscholtz's species of 

 plochionus, which he names qtiadrimaculatus, and is of an 

 aeneous green colour, the elytra olivaceous, with fourpale spots, 

 antennae and legs yellow. From Brazil; length, three lines. 



To Orthogonius we will add a new species, which we name 

 Hopei, with the following description : — the elytra reddish 

 brown, with punctated striae, the head black, the thorax 

 black, with the exterior margins and the femora reddish 

 brown. The antennas, tibia, and tarsi piceous, length eight 

 and a half lines ; it is from India. In the cabinet of Mr. 

 Hope. 



We pass on to Scarites. This genus of Fabricius, 

 forms, in the method of M. Bonelli, a small sub-family, 

 composed of the genera, scarites, pasiniachus, carenum, 

 clivina, dyschirius, and apotoma. The first three are dis- 

 tinguished from the others in consequence of the very marked 

 denticulations of the mandibles, and the form of the tongue, 

 which is short and broad. In carenum the external palpi 

 are thicker at their extremity. In scarites the jaws are ter- 

 minated in an arched or crooked point, while in pasimachus 

 they are straight. The body of these last insects is also 

 shorter, and proportionally broader, and almost of an oval 

 figure. 



The scarites are peculiar to the warm climates of both 

 continents, and do not appear to possess the carnivorous 

 habits characteristic of the other insects of the same 

 family. They generally remain on the ground, and often 

 concealed in the holes or crevices presented to them by 

 the soil. Some are winged, and others apterous. All the 

 known species ai'e of a shining and uniform black. Some of 

 them are to be found in the southern provinces of France. 



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