64 ON THE SCARITID^ OF NEW HOLLAND, 



difficulty of reaching their haunts. S. MacLeayi, Westw,, was 

 found some years ago in considei'able numbers at Elizabeth Bay, 

 near Sydney, some feet under the siu'face, in trenching loose 

 sandy soil. As, like Garenum, they are apterous, they probably 

 never, except by accident, approach the surface of the gi'ound. 

 It is singular, and may have something to do with their deep sub- 

 terranean habits, that both this genus and Garenum, (which I also 

 believe to be deep diggers,) ai-e not only apterous, but agree also 

 in having toothless maxillae, while all the other genera of the 

 family are winged, and have their maxillae acutely arcuated. 



1. SCARAPHITES BaCCHUS, Wcstw. (Al'C. Ent. 1, p. 87.) 



" Niger nitidus latissimus, capite puncto circulari medio foveis- 

 que duabus lateralibus impressis, elytris circularibus tibiis- 

 que intermediis dente acuto subapicali externe armatis." — 

 Westwood. 

 Long. 19 Hn., lat. 9 lin. 

 Hab. Swan River. 



2. — SCAEAPHITES Len^qs, Westw. (Arc. Ent. 1, p. 87.) 

 " Niger nitidus latus, capite inter oculos foveis duabus ovalibus 

 impressis et strigosis, pronoto utrinque versus angulos 

 anticos puncto impresso, elytris obovatis, tibiisque interme- 

 diis dente magno curvato oblique truncato subapicali 

 armatis." — Westwood. 

 Long, 14| lin., lat.'5| lin. 

 Hab. New Holland. 

 I have seen a specimen of this insect from Illawarra. 



3. — ScARAPHiTEs SiLENUs, Wcstw. (Arc. Ent. 1, p. 87.) 

 " Niger nitidus latus, capite inter oculos foveis duabus profundis 

 punctoque utrinque pone oculos ; pronoto vix foveato, 

 elytris obovalibus sublsevibus, tibiisque intermediis dente 

 acuto subapicali externe armatis." — Westwood. 

 Long. 13|-l5f hn., lat. 5|-6i hn. 

 Hab. Swan River. 



4. — ScARAPHiTES MacLeayi, Wcstw. (Arc. Ent. 1, p. lo7.) 

 " Niger subnitidus, elytris obovatis, singulo striis 6-tenuibus 



