108 REVISIOXAL NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN CAllABlDyK, II., 



Geoscaptus cacus, Macleay. 



Scarites cacus, Macl., Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1663, i. 

 p. 67; Sc. appro.vimatus, Macl., I.e. 1865, i. p.l91 ; Sc. tvaterhouseij 

 Macl., ^.c. p. 192 ; Sc. suhporcatulus, MaoL, /c. p.l92; Sc. suh- 

 striatus, Casteln., Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict. 1868, viii. p. 143; Sc. 

 mitchellii, Casteln., I.e. p.l43 ; Sc. rvficornis, Casteln., I.e. p.l44 ; 

 Sc. bipunctatus, Casteln., I.e. p. 144 ; (?) G. maeleayi, Chaud., Ent. 

 Soc. Belg, 1879, xxii., p. 138. 



To the synonjmiy given by Chaudoir* T add Scarites approxi- 

 inatus, Macl., and Sc. subporcatuliis, Macl., the types of which 

 (in the Australian Museum) I ha\e examined and identified as 

 0. cacus. 



Geoscaptus macleayi, Chaudoir. 



Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1879, xxii. p.l38. 



I have not been able to identify this species, so append a trans- 

 lation of Chaudoir's whole note on it. 



Almost as convex as G. cacus, Macl., but shorter. Head 

 shorter, clypeus wholly striate, a couple of strife near the frontal 

 channels. Prothorax evidently less elongate and a little less 

 convex; elytra decidedly shorter, a little flatter along the suture, 

 impressed with distinctly punctate but shallow striie, the punc- 

 tures of the strine wide, the interstices slightly convex. Coloured 

 like G. cacus, but a little less shining on upper surface. The 

 specimen I possess, and which was sold to me by M. Deyrolle, 

 comes from the North-West of Australia. Although allied to 

 G. cacAis, the relative difference in length seems to me sufficiently 

 decided to necessitate the formation of a distinct species. 

 Length 20, breadth 5i mm. 



Subtribe PASIMACHIDES. 



Genus S c a r a p h i t e s. 



Westwood, Arcan. Ent. i. 1842, p. 157; Sloane, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. Wales, (2) viii. (1893) p.449. 



Ent. Soc. Belg. xxii. 1879, p. 188. 



