66 ON THE SCAEITID^ OF NEW HOLLAND, 



wards at riglit angles, towards the anterior angles of the head ; 

 the occiput is smooth ; the eyes are white. The thorax is wider 

 than the head, broader than long, and somewhat semicircular in 

 shape ; the anterior angles are rather produced ; the posterior 

 are round ; the base has a small, slightly reflexed, margin within 

 the entire margin, of the thorax ; the medial line is not deeply 

 marked, and there is a row of short striolce along the anterior 

 margin. The elytra are broader than the thorax and nearly cir- 

 cular, excepting at the base, which is depressed and hollowed 

 out ; the surface is smooth ; a line of small punctui'es extends 

 along the base and lateral marg-ins ; there is also a small im- 

 pressed puncture on the disc of each elytron, about one third from 

 the apex. The under surface is black and shining ; the fore 

 tibife have two long external spines, and two short ones imme- 

 diately above them ; the intermediate tibise have a short siab- 

 acute spur on the outside, near the apex. 



7. — SCARAPniTES LATIPENNIS. (n, Sp.) 



Niger subnitidus subdepressus, capite utrinque pi'ofunde 

 impresso, thorace capite latiori subsemicirculari basi sub- 

 emarginato medio canaliculato utrinque ad basin impresso, 

 elytris latis postice thorace latioribus striis septem sub- 

 tiliter punctulatis marginibus punctatis punctis prope 

 marginem versusque apicem impressis, tibiis anticis extus 

 tridentatis intermediis dente magno obtuso compresso. 

 Long. 15 lin., lat. 6 lin. 

 Hab. King George's Sound. 

 The head is somewhat square, rather convex, and under a lens 

 presents a rather rugose appearance, there is a deep rugose 

 longish depression on each side of the face ; the labrum seems 

 short, and the mandibles not deeply channelled. The thorax is 

 truncated at the apex, and rounded obliquely towards the base, 

 which is slightly emarginated and reflexed ; the medial dorsal 

 line is distinct, and there are two impressions and some trans- 

 verse rugJB at the base. The elytra are convex and rounded, 

 marked rather distinctly with 7 rows of fine punctures, they 

 have a row of impressed points along each lateral margin, with 

 smaller punctures to the number of six, along nearly the line of 



