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more iii)turned in front than on the female, its surface obsoletely verraicnilate, 

 and prothorax with the frontal impressions very feeble; a still smaller male is 

 obscnrely reddish, with a vague greenish gloss on the lioad and prothorax, the 

 interoenlar elevations feeble, clypeus as on the preceding male, and frontal 

 impressions of prothorax absent. 



ONTHOPHAGUS CUPREOPUNCTATUS sp. nov. 



$ Black, with a greenish gloss, becoming pnrplish or l)ronzy on head, 

 antennae, palpi, and tarsi someAvhat reddish, club somewhat piceous, with greyish 

 pubescence. Tender-surface and legs rather sparsely clothed. 



Head with interocular ridge o])tuse in middle, each side appearing as an 

 obtuse subtriangular elevation ; in middle a fairly large round fovea, a few 

 conspicuous punctures in front of eyes. Clypeus w^ith sides gently rounded and 

 moderately upcurved, apex moderately notched; with fairly dense, sharply 

 detined -punctures in front, becoming feeble posteriorly; suture not traceable 

 across middle, but distinct on sides. Eyes very narrow, facets distinct. Pro- 

 thorax moderately wide, evenly convex, lateral gutters and margins narrow, 

 apical margin very narrow, basal absent ; punctures nowhere crowded, l)ut more 

 numerous on sides than elsewhere, and rather small but sharply defined. Elytra 

 with narrow, geminate striae ; interstices not separately convex, with fairly 

 numerous, small punctures, becoming larger on sides. Metasternum with fairly 

 lai-ge punctures on sides and apex, becoming sparse and small in middle. 

 Abdomen with apical segment distinctly narrowed in middle; pygidium wdth 

 rather dense punctures. Length, 4-5-5 mm. 



9 Differs in having the head with denser and coarser punctures, especially 

 on clypeus, interocular ridge very feeble, even on sides, median fovea shallower, 

 clypeal suture carinated throughout, the median portion straight and about 

 three-fourths of the total ; prothoracic and elytral punctures somewhat larger ; 

 apical segment of abdomen not narrowed in middle, and front tibiae distinctly 

 shorter, with stouter teeth. 



JIab. New South Wales. Type, I. 15421. 



I have seen specimens of this species named as 0. nitidior. but thev differ 

 from that species in being smaller, with the gloss mostly greenish instead of 

 purplish, and both sexes concave betAveen the eyes; the size, colours, and general 

 outlines are somewhat as on O. negatorius, but the head, elytra, and legs are all 

 very different. The prothoracic punctures in some lights have a distinct coppery- 

 purple gloss. 



