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cf . The cephalic horn is short and simple. The pronotum 

 has an anterior depression not reaching the middle. The pygidium 

 is very convex and shining, strongly but not closely punctured. 



5 . There is a faint trace of a longitudinal furrow upon the 

 pronotum and the pygidium is rugosely punctured, a little flat- 

 tened near the base, with a slight prominence just before the 

 apex. 



Lenciih 22-25 mm. ; breadth 9*5-1 1 mm. 



United Provinces : Almora ; Bengal : Dacca ; Sikkim ; 

 Assam : Silhet, Naga Hills, Patkai Hills, Manipur ; Tenassekim ; 

 Andaman and Nicobar Is. 



Ty_pe in the Copenhagen University Museum. 



258. Eophileurus platypterus. 



Geotrupes platypterus, Wied.* Zool. Mag. ii. 1, 1823, p. 5. 



Black and shining, closely and very coarsely punctured, with 

 very scanty bristles beneath. The pronotum is strongly rounded 

 at the sides, \vith the hind angles rather prominent and sharp and 

 the entire surface very deeply and coarsely punctured, the punc- 

 tures becoming confluent in the anterior part. The scutellmn 

 bears a few fine punctures, and the elytra have rows of rather close 

 large annular punctures, a little finer at the sides and confluent 

 and rugose in the posterior part. The pygidium is moderately 

 finely punctured and has a finely rugose band at the base, 

 the metasternum is coarsely and sparsely punctured (rather more 

 finely in the middle), and the abdomen is finely and irregularly 

 punctured. 



c? . The head is moderately punctured and there is a very short 

 horn, which is shghtly compressed from side to side and a little 

 produced backwards at the base. The prothorax has a feeble 

 impression at the front margin and the pygidium is very convex. 



2 . The head is rugosely punctured and bears a short stout 

 tubercle. The pygidium is a little impressed on each side and 

 almost pointed behind. 



Length 14-18 mm. ; breadth 7-9 mm. 



Bombay ; Madras : Malabar, Moghal Serai. 



Type in the Copenhagen University Museum. 



259. Eophileurus perforatus. 



Eophileurus perforatus, Arroiv* Trans. Ent. Sac. Land. 1908, p. 332. 



The species is black, shining and coarsely punctured, the punc- 

 tures not very numerous on the prothorax, which has a slight 

 longitudinal sulcus at its posterior part, and absent from the 

 scutellum. The sides of the prothorax are strongly rounded and 

 the hind angles not very sharp. The punctures are deep, 



