600 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



Gen. SCOTODIPNUS, Schaum., 



Nat. Ins., i., 1860, p. 667. 



MrcROTYPHLUS, Lind. Annal. Franc, 1863, p. 483. 



Body elongate, depressed ; head a little longer than broad ; eyes 

 entirely absent, two supra-orbital small setae ; labrum and epistome 

 with a long bristle on each side ; penultimate joints of the maxillary^ 

 palpi very much swollen and densely pilose, the ultimate one so 

 small and short that it looks like the acuminate point of the penulti- 

 mate ; antennae massive, joints pubescent and bristly, moniliform, 

 the first one thick, elongato-quadrate, second and third short, the 

 ultimate one as thick as the penultimate and subcorneal ; prothorax 

 subcordiform but not much narrowed behind, truncate at the base 

 and apex, angles of the former sharp ; elytra elongate, subparallel, 

 depressed ; legs short ; femora swollen ; anterior tibiae deeply 

 incised inwardly and curved outwardly at apex ; tarsi moderately 

 slender, the two basal joints not dilated in the male. 



The genus has been recorded from Southern Europe only. 



SCOTODIPNUS CAPENSIS. 



Plate X., fig. 11. 



Pale testaceous ; head nearly smooth but with a few setigerous 

 punctures and two long setae in a slight impression on each side 

 of the vertex ; prothorax as broad as long, truncate at base and 

 apex and with the basal angles sharp, rounded laterally in the 

 anterior part and a little narrower behind than in front, but with the 

 sides not sinuate, not plane on the disk, yet hardly convex, distinctly 

 grooved in the centre, irregularly and distantly punctured, each 

 puncture setiform ; elytra subparallel, abruptly rounded behind, 

 punctulate, finely and briefly pubescent, and with longitudinal series 

 of setiform hairs ; on each side of the apical margin near the suture 

 there is a long seta ; under side, legs, and tarsi briefly bristly. 

 Length 1.25-1.36 mm. ; width 0.4 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



This interesting species was found by Mons. A. Eaftray under 

 stones deeply imbedded in the ground ; its habitat is thus similar to 

 S. [Micro typhlus) Schaumi, found in Southern France. 



Gen. HETEKILLUS. 

 Body elongate, depressed ; head longer than broad ; eyes small 

 and consisting of 18 to 20 hemisphoerical, separated facets ; penulti- 

 mate joint of palpi and antenna? as in Scotodijjuus ; prothorax also 

 subcordiform, and elytra elongated and depressed ; anterior tarsi of 

 the male with the basal and second joints dilated. 



