462 Mr. K I R B \ 's Description of several new Species of Insects 



and those of Geotrupes from G.stercorarins. I shall now describe 

 a new species of the former genus from Mr. Brown's collection. 



Australasice. 11. B. testaceus, thorace punctatissimo antice rc- 



tuso, clypeo obtuse carinato. 

 Plate XXIII. Fig. 5. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 9- 



Corpus oblongo-hemisphaericum, totum testaceum, subtus pubes- 

 cens. Caput antice confluenter, postice sparse punctatum. 

 Clypeus antice rotundatus, marginatus : niargine subreflexo, su- 

 pra carinatus; carina transversa, obtusa, utrinque abbreviata. 

 Mandibula sinistra a tergo bidentata: dente exteriore obtuso. 

 Labrum late emarginatum. Palpi articulo extimo elongato, sub- 

 lanceolato. AntenncB clava magna, compressa, exacte orbicu- 

 lata, nitida, punctata, lamella intermedia penitus clausa. Tho- 

 rax transversus et fere lunatus, confluenter punctatissimus : 

 dorso postice longitudinaliterlaeviori punctulis sparsis, utrinque 

 obtusangulus et puncto ordinario majori impressus, antice re- 

 tusus: fovea subtriangulari, prominentia obsoleta triplici. Ely- 

 ira striata: striis ex punctis inipressis crenatis. Tibice a.niic?e, 

 serrat£E : serraturis nigris. Tibiarum calcaria longissima. 



Trox Fabr. 

 spuriits. 12. T. oblongus, scaber, subcinereus, elytris seriatim pa- 

 pillatis. 



Long. corp. lin. 5. 

 Intermedins inter Trogem et Melolontham, et forsan proprii gene- 

 ris. Corpus oblongum, nigrum, glabrum, obscurum, punctis 

 papillatis et centro oblongo eminentibus pallidis subcinereum 

 et scabrum. Cfl/j?^/ suborbiculatum, deflexum, inaequale: cly- 

 peo 



