68 ON THE SCARITIDiE OF Nl^JW HOLLAND, 



the dorsal line is distinctly but not deeply marked, and there is 

 a slightly marked impression on each side near the base, the 

 disc presents a somewhat gi'itty appearance when examined with 

 a lens. The elytra are twice the length of the thorax and 

 scarcely so broad, the sides are parallel, the base truncate and 

 the apex round ; the base and lateral margins are covered with 

 small setigerous punctures ; there are also two deep punctures on 

 each side near the apex one above the other ; each segment of the 

 abdomen beneath has two setigeroas points. The fore tibiee are 

 palmated and strongly tridentated externally ; the intermediate 

 tibia? have a short pointed tooth near the extremity, with another 

 very small one immediately above it. 



2. — SCARITES GeRTON. (n. sp.) 



Niger nitidus thorace antice subtruucato postice subrotundato 

 basi subemarginato dorso canalieulato subrugoso vel acu- 

 ducto, elytris subdepressis thorace bis longioribis sub- 

 tilissime striato-punctatis stria tertia punctis duobus magnis 

 versus apicem impressis. 

 Long. 12 liu., lat. 3| liu. 

 Hab. Upper Darling. 

 This insect is so much flatter than the last that it cannot be 

 mistaken for it, the head is smooth posteriorly, and covered with 

 short strioliB anteriorly, the two depressions are neither deep nor 

 long. The thorax is rather broader than long, almost truncated 

 antei'iorly, rounded behind, and with the base slightly emargi- 

 nated ; the dorsal line is distinct, and with the assistance of a 

 lens very fine transverse striolte may be observed near the sides. 

 The elytra are flat, and of a shining black, more than twice the 

 length of the thorax, and marked with punctured stria? so minute 

 as to be indistinct even with a lens ; there are two deeply im- 

 pressed punctures on the third stria, both near the apex. There 

 are several minute punctm-es on the basal margin, and a row of 

 the same along the lateral margins. The under surface and legs 

 are as in the last species. 



3,— SCARITES DaMASTES. (n. sp.) 



Niger nitidus depressus thorace antice vix truncate postice 

 rotundato basi subemarginato dorso tenuiter canaliculate, 



