522 Rev. W. Kirby's Descriptions 



turn. Nasus acute bidentatus. Prothorax porcalus : porcis sex 

 repandis, antice cornutus : cornubus duobus longis, incurvis 

 castaneis falcis messorii fere form^, sed magis teretibus armatus, 

 postice obtusangulus. Scutellum omnino tectum. Elytra planius-^ 

 cula tricarinata, carinis rectis, pallido obscur^ maculata. Medi- 

 pectus latum tricarinatum. Brachia humeris incrassatis, extus 

 obtusangulis ; cubitis rectis tridentatis. 

 Alt* sex. Capite thoraceque inermibus. 



Genus Onitis. 



ambigua, O* gri^ea obscura, prothorace reticulatim elevato-line- 

 ato, elytris bicarinatis, tibiis anticis arcuatis. 

 Long. Corp. Lin. 4f . 



Hah, apud Promontorium Bonae Spei. 



Descr, Femina? cor/jw^oblongum, depressum, griseunn, lutosum. 

 Caput naso rotundato, linea elevata fronte separato : duae aliae 

 lineae ab occipite ad nasum ducuntur et spatlum quadratum inclu- 

 dunt. Prothorax longus admodum : lateribus prominentibus, 

 disco lineis elevatis areas plures includentibus reticulatus. Elytra 

 juxta marginem externam longitudinallter bicarinata, apice setosa. 

 Brachia humeris triangularibus magnis ; cubitis longis admodum, 

 apice incurvis acutis, extus quadridentatis. Medipectus latissimum 

 planum. 



This insect appears to bear the same relation to Onitis that the 

 preceding does to OniticelluSy but whether the other sex is distin- 

 guished by similar horus on the head and prothorax I cannot tell. 

 It may therefore at present stand under that genus. The body 

 of the specimen from which this description was taken, appears as 

 if covered with mud : part of which arises from minute scales, 

 but besides these, minute fragments of straw or wood adhere to it 

 both above and below. 



Fam. RuTELiD^. MacLeay. 

 Genus. Chrysina. 



Nasus subelongatus, rotuudatus, margiue recurve. 

 Labrum obtusangulum. 



