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hotly oblong, or elongate, glabrous: tarsi simple, all 4- or 5-jointed, the 



4th joint in the latter commonly minute, <? with poster, sometimes 



4-jointed. 

 Fam. 23 Cucujid^e. Ant. 11-jointed, rather long, moniliform and slightly 



thickened at the tip, or distinctly clavate : palpi short, filiform : mand. 



large, exserted, bifid at tip : labrum rounded : head large, exserted : body 



oblong, flat : tarsi simple, mostly 5-jointed, basal joint minute ; in some $ s 



nearly obliterated. 

 Fam. 24 Dermestid^e. Ant. 11-jointed, short, rather abruptly clavate; club 



3-, 4-jointed : palpi very short : mand. short, thick, toothed at apex : 



labrum also short, membranous at tip : body convex, oval, rounded at each. 



end, clothed with scales or pile : leys slightly contractile ; tarsi 5-jointed» 



Fam. 17. SCAPHIDIDJE MacLeay. 



cxxxix. Scaphidium Elytra truncate : ant. slender ; club 5-jointed, elongate, 

 2d joint larger than the 1st, terminal one rounded at the tip: palpi fili- 

 form : scutel. distinct. 



cxl. Scaphisoma Elytra truncate : ant. pilose ; club 5-jointed, 2d joint 

 smaller than 1st : scutel. concealed by a lobe in the middle of the thorax 

 behind : palpi filiform. 



cxli. Myljechus Elytra oval, obtuse : ant. short, curved ; club 5-jointed, 

 articulations transverse, 2d joint not smaller than the preceding : palpi 

 max. with apical joint subulate ; lab. with terminal joint obtuse : tho. 

 with hinder angles acute : post, femora of $ with a small tooth beneath ; 

 anter. tarsi with the 3 basal joints dilated. 



cxlii. Ptomaphagus Elytra oval, obtuse, not striated : ant. elongate ; club 

 5-jointed, 2d joint small : palpi max. with terminal joint subulate ; lab, 

 with same joint obtuse: tho. with hinder angles acute: anter. tarsi of $ 

 with 3 dilated joints ; interm. mostly filiform. 



cxliii. Catops Elytra oval, obtuse, more or less striated: ant. short, straight; 

 club 5-jointed, 2d joint small : palpi max. with terminal joint subulate, 

 conic ; lab. with the same joint obtuse : tho. with hinder angles acute : 

 anter tarsi of S an d basal joint of interm. dilated. 



cxliv. Choleva Elytra oval, striated : ant. rather long, somewhat filiform ; 

 club elongate, 5-jointed : palpi max. with the terminal joint subulate, 

 conic ; lab, with same joint obtuse : tho. with hinder angles obtuse : anter. 

 tarsi of $ with the 3 basal joints dilated ; interm. filiform. 



139 Scaphidium of Authors. 



869 4-maculatum Oliv. ii. 20. pi. 1. f. 1. — Ste. M. iii. 3. — Cur. viii. 

 pi. 379- — Ovate, black, very glossy, glabrous: elytra with a large red 

 spot towards the shoulder, and a second round one near the apex ; and 

 with a single sutural stria; base of antennas pitchy. (L. 2-2^1.) Old 

 stumps, &c, Coombe Wood; Bristol; Clengre, Gloucester; Swansea; 

 Herefordshire ; Lyndhurst ; Yorkshire, &c. : 12-1 & 5-6. 



140 Scaphisoma Leach. 



870 Agaricinum L. ii. 570. — Pz. F. ii. f. 2. — Ste. M. iii. 3 Black ; 



shining, very small : tips of the elytra and the legs pale brown, or reddish; 

 elytra with a single short sutural stria ; tip of the abdomen pitchy- red. 

 (L. |-| 1.) Boleti, Battersea fields ; Wandsworth; Netley, &c. : 10-6. 



871 Boleti Pz. F. xii. f. 16. — Ste. M. iii. 4. — Head, thorax, and elytra 

 pitchy, minutely punctured : the latter paler at the apex, with a single 



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