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occiput and thorax, with the latter rather obconico -ovate and 

 the costse of the elytra more distant, and moreover occasionally 

 of a chestnut color. 



30, SCYDMiENUS PUBESCENS. N. 



S. prascedente gracilior ; long. corp. § lin. Antennae art. 3 et 4, 5 et 

 6 inter se subaequalibus subcylindricis, 7° secundo paulo minore, fortiter 

 cylindrico, 8-10 snbglobosis cum 11° conico claTam formantibus. Palpi 

 maxill. art. 3° inverte conico, 4° minuto. Mandibulse tenues, medio ob- 

 tuse obsoleteque uni-dentatae, basi abrupte dilatatse. Thorax conicus, 

 latitudine haud longior basi 4-foveolatus. Elytra et pedes prsecedentis, 

 tibiis tamen apice leviter arcuatis. 



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 mandibles, the short-conical form of the 

 thorax, and the tibiae which are slightly bent at the apex. 



31. SCYDMiENUS PYGM^IUS. N. 



S. statura et colore prsecedentis sed longius pubeseens et sesqui minor; 

 iong. corp. £ lin. Antenna? art. 4 et 4, 5 et 6 inter se subsequalibus, 

 7° majore, ovato, 8-10 subglobosis, fortius compressis 11° clavam for- 

 mantibus, hoc magno, obconico, apice obtuso. Palpi maxill. art. 2° 

 tenuiore, 3° inverte conico, 4° minuto. Mandibulse obsolete uni-dentatee 

 Thorax conicus latitudine parum longior, elytris fortiter applicatus, basi 

 2-sinuatus etj[4-foveolatus. Pedes et elytra prsecedentis, his tamen am- 

 plioribus. 



Strongly allied to the two preceding species, still very much 

 smaller, more compact and covered with longer hair — thus of 

 rather a different appearance regardless of its size. From 8. 

 pubescens this species would principally differ in the shape of 

 the 7th antennal joint, also in that of the first three club joints 

 which are much more compressed and more hairy in S. fig- 

 mceus. The thorax of the latter is more firmly applied to the 

 base of the elytra ; the latter have a fuller, more robust ap- 

 pearance about them ; the palpi are more slender, and the tooth 

 of the mandibles is pointed. From S. advolans it would prin- 



