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it resembles an African type, but may possibly be an East 

 Indian form. 



Sp. 58. Hylax. This insect, which I obtained from Lee's 

 cabinet, was named by Fabricius Sc. Crassipes of Olivier. 

 It appears to be only the matured insect of Sc. Hylax^ which 

 is now generally considered as a Monochelus of Illiger. The 

 Baron De Jean has I think very improperly placed between 

 Monochelus and Pachycnema several genera which cannot possi- 

 bly connect them. 



Sp. 59. Crassipes. I have given the generic name oi Mono- 

 chelus to the above insect, although it undoubtedly ought to 

 be the type of a subgenus. 



Sp. Q5. TyphcBus. Dr. Leach makes this insect the type of 

 the genus, and adds the name of Vulyaris for a specific name. 



Sp. QQ. Momus. Olivier mentions equinoctial Africa, and 

 particularly Sierra Leone, as the true locality of the above- 

 named insect : modern Entomologists consider it a Sicilian 

 species. 



Sp. 67. Cyclops. No locality is mentioned by Olivier; it 

 is probable that Cyclops is an East Indian species, as it ap- 

 proximates very nearly to some insects in my possession from 

 that country : Central India may be considered as the metro- 

 polis of these curiously formed Geotrupidce . 



Sp, 76. Cephus, now a Bolboceras of Kirby, is evidently 

 the same species described by Fabricius, under the name of 

 Farctus. 



Sp. 78. Fossor. As the Aphodii are very numerous, and 

 require much accurate investigation before they are divided 

 into subgenera, I omit them purposely in the Tables, and pass 

 on to the 98th species, and afterwards to the 111th. 



Sp. 98. Stercorator. According to Eschscholtz, this is of 

 the genus Oxyomus: I am not aware that it has been charac- 

 terized; it appears to represent, in the new world, what 

 Psammodius does in the old. 



Sp. 111. Antenor. Now an Heliocopris of Hope. There 

 are several interesting insects belonging to this subgenus ; they 

 would form a valuable Monograph, if well delineated. The 

 figures of Olivier cannot be depended upon. 



Sp. 114. Midas. This species is found in the East Indies, 

 and not in America, as mentioned by Olivier. It is abundant 

 at Bombay, at Madras, and Calcutta. 



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