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SCAPHIDIUM QUADRIMACULATUM. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Scaphididae. 
Type of the Genus , Scaphidium quadrimaculatum Oliv . 
Scaphidium Oliv ., Payk., Fab., Lat ., Marsh., Gyl . , Sam., Curt. 
Antenna inserted before the eyes, on each side the base of the cly- 
peus,as long as the thorax, clavate,l 1 -jointed, basal joint long and 
rather robust, 2nd short ovate, 3rd and 4th slender, scarcely so 
long as the 1st, 5th and 6th rather stouter, the latter not longer 
than the 2nd j the remainder forming a submoniliform pilose club, 
composed of cup-shaped joints, the 7th being smaller than the 
9th and 10th, the apical one subglobose (6). 
Labrum transverse- ovate, with a small notch in the centre and 
a few bristles on the surface ( 1 ). 
Mandibles subtrigonate, produced and rounded externally, the 
apex bifid, the internal margin slightly pubescent (2). 
Maxilla producing 2 lobes densely pubescent at the apex, the 
internal one the smallest, the external one large and somewhat 
ovate. Palpi 4-jointed, basal joint minute, the following nearly 
of equal length, the 3rd being slightly stouter and furnished with 
2 bristles, 4th elongate-conic (3). 
Mentum quadrate. Lip broad and short, slightly emarginate, 
the angles rounded and pubescent. Palpi short, attached to 
scapes, inserted behind the anterior angles of the mentum, pro- 
ducing 2 or 3 bristles, triarticulate, basal joint the stoutest, cup- 
shaped, 3rd the slenderest somewhat reverse pear-shaped (4). 
Head rather small and subtrigonate , the mouth being slightly produced . 
Eyes rather small and lateral. Thorax subtrigonate truncate, the 
base sinuatea . Scutellum minute. Elytra convex and truncated . 
Wings ample. Abdomen trigonate , convex beneath, and extending 
beyond the elytra. Legs slender. Tibiae with small spurs at the 
apex. Tarsi b -jointed, basal joint scarcely longer than the three fol- 
lowing in the anterior pair which are very short, terminal joint tong . 
Claws bent and acute (5). 
Quadrimaculatum Oliv. v. 2. No. 20. tab. \. f. 1. — Panz. 2. 1 
Curtiss Guide, Gen. 1 74. 
Black, smooth and shining, minutely and rather sparingly punc- 
tured : antennae slightly cas tan eons at the base: thorax with an 
arcuated transverse line of strong punctures near the base : elytra 
with a large irregular orange spot a little below each shoulder, 
and another, smaller, near the apex of each elytron ; a trans- 
verse line of strong punctures at the base and a deep channel 
down each side of the suture : tibiae and tarsi hairy, the latter 
inclining to castaneous. 
In the Author's and other Cabinets . 
