BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. Ill 



SCARAPHITES MASTERSI, Macl. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1869, ii. p.70. 



I have examined the type-specimen in the Australian Museum, 

 Sydney; it is very closely allied to Sc. sileuus, Westw., with 

 which it agrees in form of prothorax (with widely truncate base 

 and basal angles not marked); the posterior marginal setigerous 

 puncture is exactly similarly placed in the lateral channel, just 

 before the basal angle; the legs are similar; the humeral angles 

 of the elytra the same. Compared with a specimen of Sc. silenus 

 in my collection, the only differences seem to be the elytra wider 

 at the base and less strongly rounded on the sides. I suspect 

 these differences may be sexual, but am not prepared to say 

 absolutely that Sc. mastersi is synonymous with Sc. silenus, 

 Westw. 



ScARAPHiTES MARTINI, Castelnau. 



Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict. 1868, viii. p.l33. 



The description of Sc. martini reads as if founded on a species 

 very closely aUied to Sc. silenus, Westw.; indeed, it seems as if 

 it might be taken from a specimen of Sc. silenus. Seeing that 

 Castelnau gives the exact habitat (Champion Bay) of his species, 

 its identity could no doubt be established were a specimen from 

 that locality before one. 



SCARAPHITES LEN^US, Westwood. 



Scarites lenceus, Arcan. Ent. i. 1842, p.87; Scarapldtes lati- 

 pennis, Macl., Trans. Ent. Soc. K S. Wales, 1863, i. p.66. 



A specimen of Sc. ht.tij)ennis, Macl., has been given to me by 

 Mr. A. M. Lea, which I have compared with the type of Sc. 

 laiipennis in the Macleay Museum. After comparison with 

 Westwood's description and figure of S'c. lenceus, I feel no hesita- 

 tion in attributing my specimen to that species. It differs from 

 Sc. hirtipes, Macl., by {a) prothorax with basal angles marked, 

 the posterior marginal seta placed in the marginal channel at 

 the basal angle, (6) border of elytra not thickened at humeral 

 angles; from Sc. pacificus, SI., by form more parallel, border of 



