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BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 457 



1 am indebted to C. French, Esq., for the specimen described 

 above; another (also a 9) is in the possession of that gentleman. 



A very distinct species ; it seems most allied to E. waterhousei, 

 MacL, among previously described species, but the two species 

 have not much resemblance. Their great difference in size in 

 itself thoroughly distinguishes them from one another. 



EURYSCAPHUS MINOR. 



E. minor, Macl., Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W., 1865, i. p. 189; 

 Scaraj)Jiites affinis, Casteln., Trans. Roy. Soc. Victoria, 1868, viii. 

 p. 130; E. arenarius, SI, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1888, iii. (2) 

 p. 1108. 



I have previously published the identity of E. arenarius, SI., 

 with E. minor, Mad. ; and have now to add Scarajyhites affinis, 

 Casteln., as also a synonym. The type of Sc. affiyiis is in the 

 Howitt Collection at the Melbourne University, where I was able 

 in November last year, through the kindness of Professor Spencer, 

 to examine it; a comparison of the type with a specimen of 

 E. miyior showed it to be merely that species. It may also be 

 noted that I found specimens of E. minor labelled Scaraphites 

 lucidus, Chaud., in the Howitt Collection ; this seems certainly a 

 case of mistaken identity, for the description of Sc. lucidus is 

 undoubtedly that of a true Scaraphites. 



EURYSCAPHUS POLITUS, n.Sp. 



9. Robust, black, shining, smooth ; elytra strongly emarginate 

 at base, narrowed to apex, impunctate. 



Head subquadrate (5 x 7-75 mm.), smooth ; frontal sulci 

 connected behind by a curved impression, subparallel, sinuous 

 forward, curving out in front in a linear sinuous course ; pre- 

 ocular sulcus well-marked ; eyes round, rather prominent ; lower 

 margin of orbit projecting lightly and roundly in front; two 

 supra-orbital punctures on each side. Antennae filiform ; apical 

 joint fusiform. Frothorax transverse (5-75 x 10-25 mm.), 

 depressed, sides rounded ; anterior angles strongly and roundly 

 advanced ; anterior margin very lightly sinuate ; posterior angles 



