Ho. 9.— 1856-8.] new geylon coleoptera, 



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apex. The two posterior coxae are rather distant at the base ; 

 the tibiae are slightly angustated and subcylindric at the 

 apex, the four anterior ones hairy, the first pair, moreover, 

 slightly bent at the base and apex, but the rest nearly straight 



35. SCYDMiENUS ANGUSTICEPS. N. 



S. castaneus, antennis pedibusque dilutioribus, tar sis palpisqae 

 testaceis ; long. corp. 1 lin. 



Caput magnum occipite fortiter angustato, subtrigono, hoc cum 

 thorace longe pilosis. Antennse art. 3 et 4, 5 et 6 inter se subaequalibus, 

 7-11 gradatim majoribus, vel 9-10 subsequalibus, subglobosis, 8-10 

 leviter depressis cum 11° 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 more or less deep chestnut color 

 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 four-jointed. • The thorax is subqua- 

 dratic at the base up to the middle and conic towards 

 the apex. The punctures or pits at the base are four in number. 

 The scutellum is small. The humeral costae are stronger 

 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 four anterior ones hairy. The 

 tarsi have joints 2-4 nearly subequal. 



Species without a neck. 



36. SCYDMiENUS OVATUS. N'. 



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



Caput subquadrato-ovatum. Antennas art. 3-11 sensim incrassatis, 

 9-11 subglobosis, depressis cum 11<> magno, conico clavam formantibus. 

 Palpi maxill. art. 4° minuto acuminato. Thorax amplius semiorbicularis, 

 margine posteriore medio producto, basi 2-foveolatus. 



The color of this insect is, as usual, shaded off from brown 

 to light yellow. However, in other respects it differs materially 



