BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 591 



front, continuous across and slightly in front of the middle; the 

 posterior impression shallow, feebly, or not at all connected with 

 the anterior along the median line. Scutellum round, shallowly 

 impressed in the middle. Tarsi longer than tibise. Length 3, 

 width li mm. 



Hah. — Tam worth. 



E. 9-notatus, King, differs in being broader and more robust, 

 differently marked and punctured, prothorax without discal 

 impression, metasternum sharply sulcate, legs thicker, tarsi shorter 

 than tibia?, darker beneath, &c. 



SCARABiEID^. 

 DiPHUCEPHALA LATICOLLIS, n.Sp. 



(J. Above bright coppery-red, viewed endways or from the sides 

 with a greenish reflection; undersurface and legs brassy-green, 

 legs with occasional bluish and coppery tints, tarsi greenish-black. 

 Prothorax with sparse, extremely minute erect pubescence. 

 Undersurface on the pro- and pygidium (except apex) and legs 

 with rather long and not very dense whitish hairs. 



Head densely punctate, punctures largest towards the base, 

 clypeus deeply emarginate and reflexed; an indistinct impression 

 between the eyes. Prothorax densely covered with small, round, 

 shallow, punctate foveae; dorsal channel shallow, irregular, widest 

 at base; lateral impressions deep, feebly connected across the disk 

 and terminating outwardly in a small, obtuse projection. Scutellum 

 depressed, very minutely and densely punctate behind, highly 

 polished in front. Elytra densely and rugosely punctate, punc- 

 tures large, decreasing in size towards apex; 3rd and 5th interstices 

 slightly elevated. Pygidium densely and very minutely punctate. 

 Beneath minutely punctate, punctures almost concealed by the 

 hairs. Legs long, minutely punctate; anterior tibia? bidentate, 

 the teeth small, red. Length 6^, width 2^ mm. 



5. Differs in being duller, broader, legs shorter, less densely 

 pilose, the clypeus flat and scarcely emarginate. Length 6|, 

 width S^ (vix) mm. 



