110 EEVISIONAL NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN CAPxABID^f:,!!., 



eyes not very considerable," and its " brilliant " black colour; it is 

 unknown to me. 



ScARAPHiTES LUCIDUS, Cliaudoir. 



Rev. Mag. Zool. 1863 (2), xv. p.ll5. 



It seems necessary to ojBfer a short description of the species I 

 identify as Sc. lucidus, Chaud., seeing that this species has not 

 been commented upon, that I know of, since Chaudoir first 

 described it; and that there is always a possibility of one's identi- 

 fications from descriptions proving erroneous. 



Black, shining, Itevigate. Head transverse (8 mm. across eyes); 

 orbits not projecting sharply below e3^es. Prothorax subcordate 

 (6 X 9'7 mm.) ; sides subparallel in middle, lightly rounded 

 anteriorly, widely rounded at posterior angles and strongly angus- 

 tate to base, shortly and sharply sinuate before basal angles; 

 anterior margin widely emarginate, anterior angles advanced, 

 obtuse; base truncate, sloping forward obliquely a little on each 

 side to basal angles; these sharply marked, subrectangular; a mar- 

 ginal seta at each basal angle. Elytra ovate (13 x 10 mm.), 

 smooth (striae obsolete); border wide, reflexed, widest at humeral 

 angles, not folded over at shoulders but sharply raised just behind 

 humeral angles; each elytron with three widely placed setigerous 

 punctures on posterior half at a little distance from margin, and 

 two similar punctures on apical declivity. Anterior tibiae 3-den- 

 tate, middle tooth triangular, acute, not nearer apex than base of 

 inner apical spine, upper tooth obtuse, not decidedly raised pos- 

 teriorly from the outer edge of the tibiae; intermediate tibise with 

 a sharp erect subapical external tooth, posterior tibiae but little 

 dilatate at apex. Length 28, breadth 10 mm. 



Hab.—W.A. : Bunbury (Lea). 



The prothorax with strong lateral sinuosities and sharply 

 marked posterior angles, and elytra with border widely reflexed 

 at humeral angles — the edge being sharply and suddenly lowered 

 behind the shoulders, — distinguish this species at once from all 



