ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



SCYDMiENUS TARSATUS. Kunze. 

 Denny's Monographia. Plate xi. fig. 1. 



" Head pitch-coloured, shining, and finely pubescent ; 

 the anterior part a little attenuated and truncated: 

 antennae testaceous, pubescent, and rather thick ; the 

 first joint long and cylindrical, having a long excava- 

 tion on the internal side, proceeding from the in- 

 sertion of the second joint ; the last three joints the 

 largest ; the fifth from the base a little elongated ; 

 the eleventh ovate, with its base truncated : palpi 

 obscure testaceous :and thickly pubescent ; the third 

 joint large and pyriform ; the fourth short and thick, 

 and scarcely perceptible : eyes black, prominent and 

 finely granulated : thorax pitch-coloured, shining, 

 and finely pubescent, about twice the length of the 

 head, and nearly ovate ; the base abruptly truncated, 

 with four foveolae transversely situated : elytra pitch - 

 coloured, but lighter than the thorax, shining and 

 finely pubescent ; elongate-oval, with two deep de- 

 pressions at the base ; apex rounded : abdomen 

 shining and ovate : legs pale testaceous and thickly 

 pubescent ; thighs long and abruptly elevated ; tibiae 

 and tarsi thickish ; the anterior tarsi much dilated. 



" Length rather more than one line and a quarter. 



" Habitat, moss at the roots of trees in moist places 

 and under stones. 



" Scydmcenus Helhcigii is the type of this genus, and 



has been described as a British species by most 



authors. I have never seen a British specimen of it, 



although I have examined all the principal cabinets 



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