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punctatis serieque sublafcerali punctorum majorura, pedibus 

 anticis obtuse dentatis, tibiisque intermediis spina acuta 

 apicali externa armatis."— Westwood. 



Long. 13 lin., lat. 5| lin. 



Hab. Elizabeth Bay, Sydney. 



5. — ScARAPHiTES ROTUNDiPENNis, Dej. (Spec. Coleop., vol. 1, p. 401.) 



" Niger ; tibiis anticis tridentatis ; elytris ovatis, subrotundatis, 

 obsolete striatis, interstitiis subtilissime reticulatis." — 

 Dejean. 



Long. 15 lin., lat. 5| lin. 



Hab. Port Phillip. 

 The above is the description given by Comte Dejean of 

 Scarites rotundijpennis, an insect, as he thought from the Cape of 

 Good Hope. It has long however been believed that the insect so 

 described was really from Australia, and in a note which I have 

 just received. Dr. Howitt, of Melbourne, mentions that he had been 

 assured by Professor Schaum that the Melboarne Insect is identi- 

 cal with the insect described by Dejean. I may add that I find 

 the detailed description in Dejean's work to agree exactly with 

 Scarapliites Howittii MacLeay, the name by which this species 

 has been known for some time. It differs from Lenceus, which 

 it most resembles in its smoother labrum, less distinctly striated 

 elytra and more acute dentation on the intermediate tibite, also in 

 the number and position of the punctures on the elytra. 



6.- — SCARAPHITES OBESUS. (n. Sp.) 



Niger nitidus, capite medio vix canaliculate foveis lateralibus 

 profundis, thorace sublunulato basi marginato, elytris con- 

 vexis subcircularibus basi subsinuatis thorace latioribus 

 marginibus lateralibus punctulatis, tibiis anticis externe 

 bidentatis intermediis dente subacuto. 

 Long. 18 lin., lat. 8 lin. 

 Hab. Swan River ? 

 The upper surface is broad, black, shining, and convex ; the 

 head is square, with a small longitudinal mark in the centre of 

 the forehead, and a deep incision on each side, which turns out- 



