198 ATAENIUS MONSTROSUS, 



NOTE XXVII. 

 ON ATAENIUS MONSTROSUS, HAROLD. 



BY 



Baron E. VON HAROLD. 



Synonym : Aulonocnemis monstrosa , Harold. Annoli del 

 Museo civico di Storia naturale dl Genova. 

 vol. X (1877) p. 92. 



I was insufficiently acquainted with the genus Aulono- 

 cnemis when I referred to it the above mentioned species. 

 In the following "Note" I will mention the characteristics 

 by which this genus of Klug is shown to be a true re- 

 presentative of the Copridae. Only provisionnally I retain 

 the monstrosus among the Ataenius. The species indeed 

 possesses the more essential characteristics of this genus , 

 but the very peculiar armature of the anterior tibiae, as 

 well as the shortness of the posterior tarsi seem to require 

 a new generic subdivision. 



The species is found in Borneo (Sarawak) by the Marquis 

 Doria (Museum Genoa) , and in the same island by Dr. Sa- 

 lomon Muller (Ley den Museum). 



Berlin, March 1880. 



Note» Irom tlie Leyden IMuseuni, Vol. II. 



