BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 453 



Coaiparing it with the specimen of So. hii^tijoes, Macl., alluded 

 to below, the following differences may be noted : — 



The lateral margins of the head have a well marked sinuosity 

 on each side just in front of the pre-ocular sulcus ; the prothorax 

 is much more strongly rounded off to the anterior angles ; the 

 elytra are proportionately wider and more rounded on the sides, 

 with the border forming a strong humeral fold, the posterior 

 margin of which forms with the border a strong sinuosity. The 

 tibiae, are thickly fringed with reddish hair ; the posterior are 

 thick with their external edge convex in the middle. 



SCARAPHITES HIRTIPES. 



Sc. hirtipes, Macl., I.e., p. 148 ; Sc. crenaticoUis, Macl. I.e., 

 p. 147. 



A single specimen of a species of Scaraphites which I found toler- 

 ably abundant under logs on the sand hummocks at Cape Otway in 

 1881 is in my collection named Sc. crenaticoUis, Macl., by me from 

 comparison with Sir William Macleay's type.* Its dimensions 

 are: length 28, breadth 11; head 4'5 x 7'5 ; prothorax 5*25 x 9 ; 

 elytra 13 x 11 mm. It differs from Sc. hirtipes, Macl., principally 

 as noted above under the heading of that species ; the following 

 features are, however, worthy of note : — The anterior part of the 

 sides of the head narrow inwards on each side from the pre-ocular 

 process to the anterior angles of the clypeus without any sinuosity ; 

 the humeral fold of the elytral border is weakly developed, and 

 joins the border behind by a gentle and even slope ; the posterior 

 tibiae are not thick, and their external edge is not convex ; the 

 four posterior tibiae are fringed with strong hair. 



Genus Euryscaphus. 



In view of a new species, F. atratus (described below), offering 

 very decided affinities to the typical Carenums, it seems needful 



* Having been in Sydney while this paper was passing through the press 

 1 have been able to compare this specimen and that named Sc. assimilis, 

 SI., above with the types of Sc. hirtipes and Sc. crenaticoUis in the Macleay 

 Museum, and so to convince myself that the two latter are really one 

 species ; of the two names hirtipes seems the more appropriate. 



