BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, JUN., ESQ. 121 



31. — Onthophagus furcatus. 

 Niger niticlus, clypeo subproducfco subreflexo, thorace laevi 



antico subretuso, elytris seriatim punctatis, corpore subtus 



fulvo-hirto. 

 Mas capifce posfcice bicornuto cornubus triangularibus lamina- 



tis coutiguis apicibus acutis recurvis. 

 Long. 3 1 lin., lat. 2j lin. 



The clypeus in this species is a little pointed and recurved, 

 the back of the head is p rolonged into two contiguous horns. The 

 thorax is smooth and somewhat retuse in front, with two minute 

 tubercles in the middle. The elytra are punctured in pretty 

 regular rows, the punctures being for the most part distant. 

 The under surface is clothed with pale red hair. 



I have only the male of this species ; it is of a more bx'illiant 

 black than the last described insect, indeed the head and thorax 

 in this have almost a metallic gloss. 



32. — Onthophagus conspicuus. 



Viridi-cupreus nitidus, capite punctate clypeo subemarginato, 

 thorace subgranulato, elytris punctato-striatis, corpore sub- 

 tus fnlvo-hirto. 

 Mas capite postice IjBvi carina transversa sinuata, thorace antico 



retuso trituberculato tuberculo medio lato subemarginato. 

 Fem. capite punctato carina transversa, thorace leviter 



trituberculato. 

 Long. 5 lin., lat. 3^ lin. 

 This species is of a brilliant coppery green. The head in the 

 male is punctured in front, and smooth behind, with a transverse 

 sinuated elevation, dividing the punctured and smooth portions ; 

 in the female, the transverse elevation is large, straight, and 

 slightly toothed on each side ; the clypeus in both sexes is slightly 

 truncated, but in the male it is also a little eniarginated and 

 refiexed. The thorax is somewhat granulated, very retuse in 

 front in the male, with three very prominent tubercles, the one 

 in the middle rather broad, and emarginated slightly in the 

 centre by the medial line of the thorax ; in the female the thorax 

 is less retuse and the tubercles less prominent. The elytra are 

 striated with a vow of fine punctures in each stria. The under 



