Capt. P. P. King's South American Coleoptera. 443 



ochreous hairs : clothed beneath with silky ochreous pubescence ; palpi and antenna; 

 ochreousj the tips of one and the club of the other black : tibiae and tarsi subcastaneous. 

 From St. Paul's ; I have also received it from other parts of Brazil. 



It is distinguished from Germar's H. setiger by the colour of the legs and 

 the sides of the thorax. 



*61. Hydrophii.us ochripes, Curt. 



Piceus, palpis antennis labroque basi ochreis apice nigrescent) bus, pedibiis 



thoracis margine inferiore sternoque ferrugineo-ochraceis. 

 Length 4 lines, breadth 2:^. 



Shining piceous with a violet tint, thickly and minutely punctured : head bright green at 

 the base : elytra with indistinct lines of punctures and irregularly pitted : palpi, antennae 

 and base of labrum ochreous, the tips and club blackish : legs and inferior lateral mar- 

 gin of thorax ferruginous-ochre; spine of sternum ferruginous. 



From Valparaiso and Brazil. 



Family Scarab^id^e. 

 Section Coprophagi. 



*62. CopRis SEMisQUAMOSA, Curt. 



Nigra, elypeo magno bidentato cornu brevi emarginato armato, thorace brevi 



antic^ irregulariter truncato, elytris profundi striatis. 

 Length 10|^ lines, breadth 6. 



Smooth, black, shining : head rugose, dilated into a spreading clypeus, the margin sinuated, 

 forming 2 divaricating teeth in front, and a minute one on each side, from which runs 

 an oblique channel to the eye ; on the crown is a short transverse horn, the apex emar- 

 ginate : club of antennae ochreous : thorax short and broad, the front sloped otf sud- 

 denly, the surface scaly, leaving the crown smooth and the base punctured ; across the 

 middle runs an elevated waved space forming 2 cavities on each side, the external one 

 being round and deep ; a channel down the back : elytra semiovate and firmly striated, 

 the striae minutely punctured : underside clothed with rusty brown hairs, which form 

 a fringe round the thorax : legs hairy ; anterior thighs with a bright patch of orange 

 pubescence near the base ; tibiae with 4 external teeth, the others dilated at the apex, 

 and free from denticulations outside ; tarsi dilated, except the anterior pair. 



The male was from Rio Janeiro, from whence I have also received it. 



