BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, JUN., ESQ. 125 



to give them rather a wrinkled appearance ; and they are 

 distinctly but not deeply striated. The under sui'face is black 

 and shining, with fringes of reddish haii\ 



39. — Onthophagus asper. 



Niger setosus, capite thoi'aceque profunde punctatis, elytris 

 rufo-maculatis costatis interstitiis striatis, pedibus piceis 

 fulvo-hirtis. 



Mas. capite bicornuto. 



Fem. capite bituberculato. 



Long. 2 ILn., lat. 1 lin. 



The male has two horns on the back part of the head, which 

 are represented in the female by small tubercles. The head and 

 thorax are closely and coarsely punctured and covered with short 

 strong white set^e ; the former has the clypeus slightly emar- 

 ginate, the latter has the medial line lightly marked. The elytra 

 have several longitudinal elevations, with a double row of fine 

 strias between each ; the whole is covered with coarse setigerous 

 punctures, and they have red spots more or less indistinct and 

 varying in number and position, but chiefly about the shoulders 

 and apex. The legs are pitchy and fringed with yellowish hair. 

 The pygidium is covered with setigerous punctures. 



40. — SiLPHODES HIRTIPES. 



Niger subnitidus piceo-marginatus, capite thoraceque punc- 

 tatis, elytris confertim striato-punctatis, pedibus rufis hirtis. 

 Long. 4^ lin., lat. 2| lin. 



The upper surface of this insect is of a shining black inclining 

 to pitchy at the sides. The head is closely punctured, the punc- 

 tures running into short striolaa in front of the eyes ; the clypeus 

 is shghtly emarginate. The thorax is thinly punctured, excepting 

 the lateral margins, which are densely punctured. The elytra 

 are closely striated, each stria being closely punctured; the 

 scutellum is also closely punctured. The under sm-face is pitchy, 

 the legs are reddish and are well furnished with red hair. 



This insect was found under a dead Kangaroo. The only other 

 species of the genus the habits of which we have any account of 



