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For similar reasons I cauuot see anytliiug but uu iudividiial variation, as it is 

 found in almost ever)' species of wliicli any series are to liand, in Boucard's 

 C. panainensis, which lie " proposes " for a single male of C. assimilis " if it slionld 

 prove new." 



ON A NEW CATHABSIUS FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 



By .TOHN W. SIIIPP. 

 Catharsius australiae sp. no v. 

 Black, subnitid. Head semicircular, with the posterior angles acute ; clypeus 

 raarginate and disc raised ; a transverse carina extends from near the inner margin 

 of the eyes across the disc, rather elevated in the centre. A fine carina crossing 

 from each side of clypeus meets the transverse carina just in front of the inner 

 margin of the eyes. Head rugosely granulate, the granulations being transversely 

 elongated on the disc, but more rounded and closer together at the sides. 



Thora.x with the anterior angles slightly acute. Sides of thorax rounded. 

 Lateral margins strongly emargiuate. Posterior angles obsolete, the posterior 

 margin being evenly rounded. A deep cicatrix on each side of thorax just behind 

 the middle. Disc with a very short transverse obsolete carina towards the anterior 

 margin, with the middle slightly impressed. Densely granulate, with the exception 

 of two smooth lobes on each side of the longitudinal obsolete depression close to the 

 posterior mariiin, which is deeply marginate. 



Elytra longer than broad, furnished with seven punctured striae between the 

 humeral or eighth stria and the suture. The humeral stria is furnished with a 

 strongly raised carina, which is evanescent towards apex. Interstices sparingly 

 punctured with minute punctures, which are thicker at the apex and round the 

 margins. Lateral margins strongly sinuated and marginate. 



Pvgidium broader than long, thickly punctiwed, and witli a small smooth 

 median impunctate line towards the base. 



Underside, with the exception of the legs and abdomen, covered with a reddish 

 brown jmbescence. Abdomen smooth, very finely punctured on disc, tliickly and 

 coarsely punctured at sides. Metasternum with a deep longitudinally impressed 

 impunctate line in centre, sides rather thickly punctured and pubescent, disc very 

 sparingly punctured with minute punctures. 



Anterior tibiae three-dentate, with a raised longitudinal carina running down 

 the entire centre, and with three small transverse cariuae branching off to the apex 

 of the dentations. A fine sinuated carina runs round the entire length of the 

 e.^terior margin. 



Anterior femora swollen towards the base, simply bicarinate both on the under- 

 side and also on the exterior margin ; sparingly punctured and slightly pubescent. 



Intermediate and jiosterior tibiae truncated, and three-dentate on exterior 

 margins, the basal dentation being very small. Undersides of femora very finely 

 and sparingly punctured with minute i)uuctures. Intermediate tibiae with two 

 apical spurs, posterior tibiae with one apical spur. 

 Long. Corp. 28 mm.: lat. 10 mm. 

 ITa/). Darling Range, West Australia. 

 Type : one ? in the Tring Museum. 

 This is the only Cutkni-sius from Australia with which I am acquainted. 



