78 Nite of O. Waterhouse on the 
Onthophagus viduus, Harold. 
O. viduus, Harold, Abhandl. Nat. Ver. Bremen, iv. 
1874, p. 283. 
Convexus, sat nitidus, brevissime pubescens, nigro-sneus, 
antennis ferrugineis, elytris leviter crenato-striatis, inter- 
stitiis leviter convexis, irregulariter sat crebre punctatis. 
$. Clypeo ad apicem reflexo; fronte bicarinaté; thorace 
gibboso, crebre sat fortiter punctato, disco antice fortiter 
impresso, impressionis lateribus postice utrinque in tuber- 
culum instructis. 
Long. 4 lin. 
$, var. minor. horace leviter convexo. 
Long. 3 lin. 
?. Capite transversim bicarinato; thorace leviter con- 
vexo. 
Long. 4 lin. 
In the ¢ of this species the two carinz on the forehead 
are situated one before and the other behind the eyes, the 
posterior one being often very obscure. In the @ the 
carine are both more distinct (abbreviated at each side), 
and are placed one between the eyes and the second 
(parallel to it) in front of it. In the male the clypeus is 
slightly acuminate in front, the apex slightly reflexed. 
The elytra present in some specimens a red spot at the 
shoulder and another near the apex of the third and fifth 
interstices. 
Hab.—Kiushiu and Nipon. Generally distributed in 
open places, heaths, &c. 
Onthophagus nitidus, sp. nov. 
Nigerrimus, nitidus ; thorace convexo, disco parce sub- 
tilius, lateribus distincte punctato; elytris striatis, striis 
remote indistincte punctatis ; interstitiis sat convexis; sat 
parce fortiter punctatis. 
Long. 33 lin. ; lat. 2 lin. 
Head flat, semicircularly rounded in front; the lateral 
angle of the head slightly obtuse ; the anterior margin 
pitchy, very slightly reflexed ; forehead not very thickly 
punctured, with a short, transverse, indistinct carina 
behind; the clypeus thickly and finely granulose-punctate. 
Thorax with a faint longitudinal impression behind, very 
convex and very shining, one-third broader than long, 
