SCAPHIDIDjE. — CATOPS. 9 



Sp. 2. sericeus. Ovatus, gibboso-convexus, fusco-piceus, antennis thorace paulo 



longioribus, pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 Ca. sericeus. Paykul. — Steph. Catal. 73. No. 784. 



Ovate, gibbous-convex, sparingly clothed with variable fulvescent, glaucous, or 

 griseous down: palpi pitchy-ferruginous: antennae rather longer than the 

 thorax, ferruginous, the base and apex paler: thorax quadrate-transverse, 

 the basal excisions less evident than in the preceding insect : elytra very broad, 

 obsoletely striated, the striae (beneath a lens) reaching from the base to the 

 apex : legs pitchy-ferruginous. 



Sometimes entirely of a yellow-testaceous hue. 



Antennae rather shorter and more slender at the apex than in the preceding 

 species : and the body much broader and more convex than in its congeners 

 generally : the eighth joint of the antennae not very evidently less than the 

 following. 



Found near London and in Devonshire. " Southend." — Rev. 

 F. W. Hope. " Not uncommon (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dilhvyn, 

 Esq. " Cambridge and Salop. 1 ' — C. Darwin, Esq. 



Sp. 3. clavicornis. Oblongo-ovalis, niger, antennis basi, tibiis tarsisque ferm 



mgineis ; capite antice abbreviate). (Long. corp. 1 J — 2 lin.) 

 Mo. clavicornis. Forster.—Ca. clavicornis. Steph. Catal. 73. No. 785. 



Oblong-oval, black, clothed with a fulvescent down : head rather short between 

 the antennae: palpi ferruginous; antennae ferruginous at the base, the apex 

 fuscous-black; the eighth joint minute: thorax transversely subquadrate : 

 elytra with very obsolete stria? reaching from the base nearly to the apex, the 

 latter rounded: legs rufo-ferruginous, sometimes pitchy-black; the tibiae and 

 tarsi rufo-ferruginous. 



Differs from Ca. sericeus by having the apex of the elytra more rounded than in 

 that insect ; and from the other species of the genus by the shortness of the 

 fore part of the head. 



Not uncommon near London, also found in Devonshire ; near 

 Bristol ; the New Forest, &c. " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 

 " Carfin, Scotland."— Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 4. festinans. Oblongo-ovatus, niger, antennis basi, labro, elytris, pedibusque 



rufo-testaceis, thorace antice angustiore. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Ch. festinans. Spence. — Ca. festinans. Steph. Catal. 73. No. 786. 



Oblong-ovate, clothed with a rather dense pubescence; labrum and palpi fer- 

 ruginous: antennae with the six basal joints ferruginous, the rest fuscous: 

 thorax black-brown, fusco-testaceous at the edges ; rather short, the hinder 

 margin with the excisions somewhat obsolete: elytra reddish, or rufo-testaceous, 

 obsoletely striated, the striae reaching from the base nearly to the apex. 



" From the preceding species this differs in colour, in having the thorax shorter 



c 2 



