400 — Mr. Krnnpy's Century of Insects. 
Corpus fere rufo-castaneum nitidum. Caput e punctulis conflu- 
entibus rugulosum : linea elevata transversa in medio sinuata. 
Clypeus emarginatus. Thorax punctatus, fovea magna: fundo 
ruguloso, antice excavatus. Ante foveam in margine ipso 
cornu breve rectum obtusum. Elytra punctato-striata infra 
apicem gibba: gibbere brevissimo. Tibie anticz acute tri- 
dentate. Tarsi antici unguiculo interno bifido. 
This species appears. to be related to Geotrupes Zoilus Fabr. ; 
but it is of a different colour, and considerabl y larger than that 
insect as figured by Olivier. 
Metotontua Fabr. 
aurulenta. 36. M. cupreo-aurata, subtus. piloso-incana, thorace 
. fovea dorsali fundo carinato, clypeo emargi- 
nato. : 
Long. corp. lin. 4. 
Habitat in Australasia. D. MacLeay. ] 
Affinis videtur M. aulicole Fabr. (M. aulica Oliv.) sed alia. Cor- 
pus oblongum, cupreo-auratum, subtus piloso-incanum. Caput 
subpilosum, confluenter punctulatum. Clypeus quadratus, re- 
flexus, apice emarginatus, supra transverse carinatus. "Thorac 
punctatus: punctis sparsis, utrinque impressus, lateribus ob- 
tusangulis vel subspinosis, fovea dorsali haud profunda longi- 
tudinaliter carinata postice impressus. Elytra excavato-punc- 
tatissima: lineis duabus longitudinalibus elevatis obsoleti- 
usculis. Tarsi violacei. Tibie antice bidentate : dente apicis 
elongato. | 
Obs. An hujus generis ? 
, GENIATES 
