148 OX THE SCARITID^ OF NEW HOLLAND, 



scure punctato-striatis, tibiis intermediis dente obtuso extus 

 armatis. 

 Long. 15 lin., lat. 7 lin. 



The wliole insect is of an uniform black colour. The head is 

 broad and truncated in front, and there is a rectangular depression 

 about the centre of the forehead, of which depression the centre 

 is round and smooth, while all around it is wrinkled. In front 

 on each side there is a short transverse depression also much 

 wrinkled ; the labrum is broadly carinated in the middle ; and im- 

 mediately above each eye there is a groove which extends forward 

 towards the anterior angles of the head. The thorax is a little 

 broader than the head and much broader than long. There are a 

 good many transverse wrinkles towards its hinder part, and thei^e 

 is a series of longitudinal ones behind the anterior marg-in ; the 

 lateral margins are distinctly but not deeply creuulate. The 

 elytra are rounded, broader than the thorax, and broadest near 

 the apex, while at the base they are truncated. Their surface 

 is indistinctly striato-punctate, while small impressed punctures 

 are placed regularly along the basal half of the lateral margins, 

 and irreguliirly upon the apical portion of each elytron. The 

 fore tibiae are strongly and bluntly tridentate externally ; and 

 the intermediate tibias are armed near the apex with a slightly 

 curved obtuse tooth. 



This species is very distinct, for in the sculpture of the head 

 and the crenated thorax, it is different from all the other species 

 of the genus. Unfortunately there is but one specimen of it, and 

 that in bad condition. 



3. SCARAPHITES HIRTIPES. 



Niger nitidus, capite autice rugoso bifoveolato, elytris punctato- 

 striatis, pedibus hirtis. 

 Long. 10| lin., lat. 4| lin. 



The colour is black. The head is marked with a wrinkled 

 depression on each side in front. The thorax is broader than 

 long, almost truncated in front and rounded behind ; the medial 

 line is distinct, and is crossed towards the base by some very 

 fine striolte. The elyti'a are striated with rows of fine punctures 



