dipt. P. P. KlNO'l South .hnrr'iKin ( uhoptnn. 1 |fl 



ochreous hairs : clothed beneath uith silky ochreous pulx-sccnec : palpi and anteWMI 

 ochreous, the tips of one ami the club of the other hlaek : tibia- and ! 

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



It is distinguished from Germar'fl //. ledger l>y the odour of the legl and 



the sides of the thorax. 



•61. HrOROPBILUl 04 BMPBS, Curt. 



Piceus, palpii untennis labroqae bati ochreie apice ntgreeceotibui, pedibui 

 thoracis maigine inferiore iternoqne feiTugineo-ochnM 



Length 4 lines, breadth 2 ( . 



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

 the base : elytra with indistinct lines of punctures and irregularly pitted I palpi, ant. 

 and base of labrum ochreous, the tips and cluh blackish : lege tod inferior ha< 

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



From Valparaiso and Brazil. 



Family Scarabjcid k. 



Section Copropham. 



*62. COPRIS SEMISQUA.Movl. Curt. 



Nigra, clypeo magno bidentato cornu brevi emarginato armato, thoraoe breri 

 antice irregulariter truncato, elytris profunde striatic 



Length 10£ lines, breadth 6. 



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



forming 2 divaricating teeth in front, and a minute one on each side, from which run 1 - 

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

 ginate: club of antenna; ochreous: thorax short and broad, the front sloped off 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 or 

 pubescence near the base; tibia- 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. 



