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minated and slightly cut away on one side as in some of the preceding 

 species. The thorax is obovate, broadest below the middle, and 

 gradually narrowed towards the apex. The elytra have the usual 2 

 shoulder-ridges and are rather strongly dehiscent at the apex. The 

 2 posterior coxae are rather distant at the base ; the tibiae are slightly 

 angustated and subcylindric at the apex, the 4 anterior ones hairy, 

 the first pair moreover slightly bent at the base and apex, but the 

 rest nearly straight. 



41. Scydmcenus angusticeps. N. 



S. castaneus, antermis pedibusque dilutioribus, tarsis palpisque 

 testaceis ; long. corp. 1 lin. 



Caput magnum subtrigonum, occipite fortiter angustato, hoc et 

 thorace longe pilosis. Antennae art. 3 et 4, 5 et 6 inter se sub- 

 aequalibus, 7-11 gradatim majoribus, vel 9-10 subaequalibus, sub- 

 globosis, 8-10 leviter depressis, cum 1 1° clavam formantibus, Palpi 

 maxill. art. 2° tenuiore, 3° inverte conico, 4° mediocri, conico- 

 acuminato. Thorax obconicus, basi subquadratus, 2-sinuatus et 

 4-foveolatus. Elytra costis 2 fortioribus abbreviatis. Tibiae subrectae. 



A handsome species of a chestnut colour more or less deep with 

 lighter legs and antennae. The head is large, heavy, and from the 

 eyes to the neck strongly triangular ; the occiput and thorax are 

 covered with long hair, which adds much to the peculiar appearance 

 of the insect. The antennae are thick and robust, the club 4-jointed. 

 The thorax is subquadratic at the base up to the middle and conic 

 towards the apex. The punctures or pits at the base are 4 in 

 number. The scutellum is small. The humeral costae are more 

 strongly developed than in any of the other species and traceable to 

 the middle of the elytra. The tibiae are nearly straight, subcylindric 

 at the apex ; the 4 anterior ones hairy. The tarsi have joints 2-4 

 nearly subequal. 



B. Species without a neck. 



42. Scgdmcenus ovatus N. 



S. ovatus, convexus, brunneus ; long. corp. \ lin. 

 Caput subquadrato-ovatum. Antennae art. 3-11 sensitn incras- 

 eatis, 9-11 subglobosis, depreasis, cum 1 1 inagno, conico clavam 



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