400 Mr. Ki-RB\'s Ccntiir}/ of Insects. 



Corpus fere rufo-castaneum nitidum. Caput c piinctulis conflu- 

 entibus rusulosum : linea elevata transversa in medio sinuata. 

 Clt/peus emarginatus. Thorax punctatus, fovea magna : fundo 

 ruguloso, antice escavatus. Ante foveam in margine ipso 

 cornu breve rectum obtusum. Elytra punctato-striata infra 

 apicem gibba: gibbere brevissimo. Tihice ontica; acute tri- 

 dentatae. Tarsi antici unguiculo interne bifido. 



This species appears to be related to Geotrupes Zoilus Fabr. ; 

 but it is of a different colour, and considerably larger than that 

 insect as figured by Olivier. 



Melolontha Fabr. 



aurulenta. SQ. M. cupreo-aurata, subtus piloso-incana, thorace 

 fovea dorsali fundo carinato, clypeo emargi- 

 nato. 



Long. Corp. lin. 4. 

 Habitat in Australasia. D. MacLeay. 



Affinis videtur M. aulicolcB Fabr. (M. aulica Oliv.) sed alia. Cor' 

 pus oblongum, cupreo-auratum, subtus piloso-incanum. Caput 

 subpjlosum, confluenter punctulatum. Clypeus quadratus, re- 

 flexus, apice emarginatus, supra transverse carinatus. Thorax 

 punctatus: punctis sparsis, utrinque impressus, lateribus ob- 

 tusangulis vel subspinosis, fovea dorsali hand profunda longi- 

 tudinaliter carinata postice impressus. Elytra excavato-punc- 

 tatissima : lineis duabus longitudinalibus elevatis obsoleti- 

 usculis. Tarsi violacei. Tihice anticae bidentatae : dente apicis 

 elougato. 



Ohs. An hujus generis ? 



Geniates 



