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second and third joints of the antennae resemble reversed cones, almost 
of the same thickness ; the following ones are granulous. 
Some have two teeth on the exterior side of the intermediate 
tibiae. 
Sc. pyracmon, Bonel.; Dej., Spec. I, p. 367 ; Sc. gigas, Oliv., 
Col. Ill, No. 36, I, 1 ; Clairv., Entom. Helv, II, ix, a. About 
an inch long ; apterous ; flattened ; of a shining black ; the elytra 
somewhat widened posteriorly, finely striate, and the striae 
lightly punctate ; in the third, near the extremity, two more dis- 
tinct and deeper puncta. The head, according to Count Dejean, 
is much larger in the male than in the female ; the front of 
the latter presents two impressions and some little rugae. The 
thorax, on each side, exhibits a tooth posteriorly. There are 
three on the anterior tibiae. It is found on the borders of the 
Mediterranean, in the south of France, and the eastern part of 
Spain. M. Lefevre de Cerisy^ a distinguished naval ofiicer 
and excellent entomologist, has published some obseiwations on 
its habits. 
Sc. terricola, Bonel. ; Dej., Si:)ec. I, p. 398. Body furnished 
with wings ; from eight to nine lines in length ; black ; anterior 
tibiae Avith three stout teeth, followed by three very^ small ones ; 
external side of the tAVo folloAving tibiae Avith but one ; elytra 
elongated, striate, and slightly rugose ; tAVO deep points near the 
third stria. Found AA'ith the pyracmon. 
Sc. sabulostis, Oliv., Col. Ill, 36, 1, 8 ; Clairv., Entom. Helv. 
II , ix, 6 ; Scar. Icevigatus, Fab., Dej. Very similar to the ter- 
ricola, but someAvhat smaller and more depressed ; it is apterous 
and the elytra slightly striate ; but tAVO indentations on the an- 
terior tibiae after the three ordinary teeth. It inhabits the same 
localities as the pyracmon, and is also found in Sicily' («). 
OxYGNATIIUS, Dej. 
The Oxygnathi, as to their antennae and palpi, are essentially simi- 
lar to the preceding Insects, but having, as Avell as the two folloAving 
subgenera, long, narroAV, edentated mandibles Avhich cross each other 
in the manner of a forceps. Their body is narroAV, elongated, and cy- 
lindrical ; their antennae .shorter than the head and mandibles united ; 
the labrum rather indistinct, and the thorax almost square. 
The tyjje of this subgenus — Scarite.<! elongntus, Wiedem. ; 
O.vggnathus elongatiis, Dej. Sjjec. II, p. 474 — is from the East 
Indies. 
There, the four exterior palpi, or at least those of the labrum, ter- 
^ («) The Sc. subierraneus, Tab. 'Syst. El. I, p. 124, No. 8, 'usually| consi- 
dered as the only species of Scarites, — inhabits the United States. The very preat 
disparity of size, however, between it and a congener from Georgia, combined 
with a certain difference of aspect would seem to warrant the supposition that the 
latter is a distinct species. Although, after the most careful comparison of the two, 
I confess my inability to point out any truly specific difference, I am still inclined to 
believe they are distinct. 
