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Descriptions of New 



II. Fourth joint of the maxill, palpi acuminated ; mesosternal 

 carina strongly developed ; eyes large, prominent, coarsely 

 granulated; antennce distant at the base ; 2 posterior tro- 

 chanters simple ; thorax variable:, body robust, pyriform, 

 sub-convex. 



a) Occiput rounded. 



30. Scydmn^uS advolans. N. 



S. long. corp. f lin. Antennae art. 3 et 4, 5 et 6 inter se subaequal- 

 ibus, obovatis, 7 majore, subgloboso, 8-10 subglobosis, basi transversim, 

 apice oblique truncatis cum 11° conico clavarn formantibus. Palpi 

 maxill. art. 3° elongato, inverte conico, 4° mediocri. Mandibular 

 tenues, medio acuminate l-dentatse, basi abrupte dilatatae. Thorax ovato- 

 rotundatus, apice fortius angustatus, basi leviter 2-sinuatus, 4-foveolatus. 

 Elytra apice singulatim rotundata. 



The insect is of brown color, the antennae lighter, the legs 

 still more, and the tarsi and palpi quite so, the femora are 

 dark towards the apex, the head, thorax and suture are oc- 

 casionally of chestnut color; it is as usual pubescent. The 

 sculpture of the head in this and the following species not, 

 as in the preceding, based upon the oblong square or the oval 3 

 but rather upon the form of a ball which in a more or less 

 compressed state is always perceptible ; in some instances it 

 is narrowed on one side. In the present species the head is 

 heavy and subglobose. The eyes are large, prominent and 

 coarsely granulated. The antennas are inserted distant from 

 each other under 2 protuberances of the anterior part of the 

 forehead. The club is 4-jointed, the joints composing it 

 being flat at the base, and, with the exception of the last, 

 obliquely cut away at the apex, the last itself being conic. 

 The maxill. palpi have joint 3 rather elongated and of the 

 form of an inverted cone, joint 4 middling, acuminated. 

 The thorax is of a rounded oval shape and rather strongly 

 narrowed towards the apex, The scutellum is obsolete. The 



