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rounded off or obliquely truncated. Scutellum obsolete. 

 Elytra furnished with a very short elevated ridge at the 

 shoulder. Legs elongated; coxae large, the 2 posterior ones 

 rather distant from each other; 2 posterior trochanters much 

 elongated, incrassated at the tip; apex of tibise subcylindric, 

 but not narrowed, and hairy, especially in the 2nd pair; 

 joints 2-3 of the tarsi of equal size, the first longer, the 4th a 

 little shorter, 2 anterior tarsi slightly contracted, 2nd and 

 3rd pair more and more elongated. Penultimate segment of 

 abdomen with a strong longitudinal groove on the back. 



25. Scymi^EXUS femoralis. N. 



S. statura et magnitudine prsecedentis ; testaceus. Antennae art. 3-4 

 subsequalibus, 5 prsecedente longiore, 6-8 gradatim minoribus, subglo- 

 bosis, 7-8 apice fortius oblique truncatis, 9-11 gradatim majoribus, 

 subglobosis, calvam formantibus. Palpi maxill. art. ultimo minimo 

 semigloboso. Thorax magnus obovatus, basi rotundatus, 4 foveolatus. 

 Elytra apice truncata, 2-sinuata. Pedes femoribus 2 posticis medio 

 constirctis. 



Of the general appearance of the former but of a light 

 yellowish color and well distinguished by the large thorax, 

 truncated elytra and abnormal construction of the 2 posterior 

 femora. Antenna? with joints 7-8 rather strongly obliquely 

 truncated at the apex, 9-11 forming a club, subglobose, fiat 

 at the base, the last acuminated and slightly cut away or 

 even excavated on the inside of the apex. Last joint of 

 maxill. palpi semiglobose, these otherwise the same as in the 

 former. Thorax and elytra of S. alatus, the former however, 

 larger, rounded at the posterior margin and with 4 basal 

 impressions, the latter slightly truncated at the apex and 

 with a slight sinuosity in the truncature on either side of the 

 suture. Scutellum very small. Legs with the tibiae slightly 

 bent at the base, the apex as in the former; tarsi with joints 

 1-4 gradually decreasing in size, first pair contracted and 



