d 
462 Mr. Krrey’s Description of several new Species of Insects 
and those of Geotrupes from G. stercorarius. I-shall now describe 
a new species of the former genus from Mr. Brown’s collection. 
Austra 11. B. testaceus, thorace punctatissimo antice re- 
tuso, clypeo obtuse carinato. 
z* Prate XXIII. Fie. 5. 
*, Long. corp. lin. 9. 
Corpus oblongo-hemisphzricum, totum testaceum, subtus pubes- 
cens. Caput antice confluenter, postice sparse punctatum. 
Clypeus antice rotundatus, marginatus : margine subreflexo, su- 
pra carinatus; carina transversa, obtusa, utrinque abbreviata. 
Mandibula sinistra a tergo bidentata: dente exteriore obtuso. 
Labrum late emarginatum. Palpi articulo extimo elongato, sub- 
Janceolato. Antenne clava magna, compressa, exacte orbicu- 
lata, nitida, punctata, lamella intermedia penitus clausa. Tho- 
rax transversus et fere lunatus, confluenter punctatissimus : 
dorso postice longitudinaliter lzviori punctulis sparsis, utrinque 
obtusangulus et puncto ordinario majori impressus, antice re- 
tusus: fovea subtriangulari, prominentia obsoleta triplici. Ely- 
tra striata: striis ex punctis impressis crenatis. Tibie anticae 
serrate : serraturis nigris. Tibiarum calcaria longissima. 
| Trox Fabr. 
spurius. 12. T. oblongus, scaber, subcinereus, elytris seriatim pa- 
pillatis. 
Long. corp. lin. 5. 
Intermedius inter Trogem et Melolontham, et forsan proprii gene- 
ris Corpus oblongum, nigrum, glabrum, obscurum, punctis 
papillatis et centro oblongo eminentibus pallidis subcinereum i 
et scabrum. . Caput suborbiculatum, deflexum, inæquale: cly- 
peo 
