550 Entomological Papers. [No. 6. 



little longer and the 4th shorter, the 2 anterior ones slightly con- 

 tracted. I include in this species some individuals which slightly 

 differ from the foregoing description, being more robust, covered 

 more densely and with longer hair, especially on the occiput and 

 thorax, with the latter rather obconico-ovate and the costae of the 

 elytra more distinct, and moreover occasionally of a chestnut colour. 



36. Scydmcenus pubescens. N. 



S. praecedente gracilior ; long. corp. f lin. Antennae art. 3 et 4 

 5 et 6 inter se subaequalibus, subcylindricis, 7° secundo paulo mi- 

 nore, fortiter cylindrico, 8-10 subglobosis, cum 11 Q conico clavam 

 formantibus. Palpi maxill. art. 3 inverte conico, 4° minuto. Man- 

 dibula3 tenues, medio obtuse obsoleteque unidentatae, basi abrupte 

 dilatatse. Thorax conicus, latitudine haud longior, basi 4-foveola- 

 tus. Elytra et pedes praecedentis, tibiis tamen apice leviter arcua- 

 tis. 



Less robust than the former and further distinguished from it by 

 the 7th antennal joint (the one preceding the club), which is of a 

 strongly cylindric shape, by the minuteness of the last joint of the 

 maxillary palpi, the obtuse and nearly obsolete tooth of the mandi- 

 bles, the short conical form of the thorax, and the tibiae which are 

 slightly bent at the apex. 



37. Scydmcenus pygmceus. N. 



S. statura et colore praecedentis sed longius pubescens et sesqui 

 minor ; long. corp. \ lin. Antennae art. 3 et 4, 5 et 6 inter se 

 subaequalibus, 7° majore, ovato, 8-10 subglobosis, fortius compressis, 

 cum 11° clavam formantibus, hoc magno, obconico, apice obtuso. 

 Palpi maxill. art. 2° tenuiore, 3° inverte conico, 4° minuto. Man- 

 dibulae obsolete unidentatae. Thorax conicus latitudine parum 

 longior, elytris fortiter applicatus, basi 2-sinuatus et 4-foveolatus. 

 Pedes et elytra praecedentis, his tamen amplioribus. 



Strongly allied to the 2 preceding species, but very much smal- 

 ler, more compact and covered with longer hair — thus of rather a 

 different appearance regardless of its size. Erom S. pubescens this 

 species would principally differ in the shape of the 7th antennal 

 joint, also in that of the 3 first club joints which are much more 



