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MaxiUcB -S-dentatse dente exterior! subobtuso 

 interiori bifido subtus hirsutse. 



Palpi maxillares 4-articulati articulo 1'"° brevis- 

 simo, 2''" triplo longiori cylindrico, 3''° obconico, 

 extimo elongate ovato. 



Mentum suboblongum antice paullo angustius 

 emarginatum. 



Palpi lahiales 3-articulati duobus primis articulis 

 subtrigonis, 3"" ovato apice conico. 



Corpus crassum. 



Thorax muticus antice parum retusus. 



Femora bina antica complanata, posteriora qua- 

 tuor multo incrassata inflata. 



TihicR posticse latse S-carinatse, apice calcaribus 

 duobus foliaceis instructse. 



Tarsi breves hirsuti, 1™** articulo reliquis latiori. 



Tbis singular insect was originally named G. re- 

 tusus by Fabricius ; it was re-described by Palisot 

 Beauvois under tlie name of Scarabseus Diana, from 

 the kingdom of Oware in Africa. He appears to 

 have confounded it with Geotrupes Coronatus Fab. 

 which occurs in Java, and is a distinct species, 

 although belonging to the same genus. Callicnemis 

 Latreillii of Laporte seems to be distantly related 

 to Temnorhynchus. I am enabled to add two un- 



