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obscurely reddish, but the reddish parts not sharply limited ; on the male the 

 reddish parts are still more ohscvn-e ; they are also very obscure on the prothorax. 



MACROPOCOPRIS KINGI Har. (Onthophagus). 



In Arrow's table of the species of Macropocopris, M. kingi is distinguished 

 from M. parvus by its ''Metasternum unpunctured." This appears to be the case 

 with specimens when greasy, but when clean the metasternum is seen to have 

 fairly numerous asperate punctures on the episterna, some shallow ones tending to 

 obliteration on the sides and near the coxae, and very small ones in middle, but 

 the largest ones are much smaller than those of M. parvus. 



MACROPOCOPRIS PARVUS Blanch. (Onthophagus). 



Plate ix, figs. 83, 84. 



Specimens identified by Blackbm-n as 0. p<trvuH and agreeing with Arrow's 

 table are before me : they all have the elytra shining and wnth minute but rather 

 sharply defined punctures on a non-shagreened surface. In addition to differ- 

 ences in tlie front legs and abdomen, the sexes may be distinguished by the clypeal 

 suture ; in the female this is carinated across the middle as well as on the sides ; 

 in the male it is not so carinated, and on some specimens can scarcely be even 

 traced. Mr. Tiudale obtained 11, 6, 4 and 3 specimens from the anal region of 

 the common Avallaby of Groote Eylandt, Macropus mjilis; they were running 

 around the anus and amongst the fur; the natives said they were always to be 

 found there ; he obtained but one other specimen in ordinary collecting, but the 

 species is common in collections from "Cape York to North-western Australia. 



A female from Port George IV (North-western Australia) differs from the 

 normal form in having the elytra finely shagreened, and with still more minute 

 punctures, not at all sharply defined ; but these do not warrant its being described 

 as a distinct species. 



MACROPOCOPRIS PERAMELINUS sp. nov. 



Plate ix, fig. 85. 



$ Black, shining, antennae, palpi, and tarsi somewhat reddish. Under- 

 siirface and legs with irregularly distributed, rusty-red hairs. 



Head wide, sides from widest part almost semicircular and moderately 

 elevated, more strongly so in front ; obliquely flattened and almost impunctate 

 between eyes, but with a small central fovea, with numerous small punctures 

 elsewhere, becoming larger on clypeus, ])ut nowhere very large. Clypeus with 

 suture carinated on sides, but obsolete across middle, the side parts each joined 



