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98 Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on the 
Geotrupes splendidus is recorded by Motschulsky as 
coming from Japan, but I have never seen it from that 
locality. 
TROGIDZ. 
Trox setifer, sp. nov. 
Nigro-griseus, opacus, elongatus, convexus, antice an- 
gustatus. Clypeo transverso, rotundato, sat crebre rugu- 
Joso-punctato 3 ; fronte fortius punctata, postice maculis 
minutis quatuor piliferis ornataé; antennis ferrugineis. 
Thorace sat transverso, crebre sat fortiter punctato, ‘Jongi- 
tudinaliter canaliculato, utrinque obsolete bi-impresso, 
punctis setiferis ; margine antico bisinuato, angulis anticis 
acutis ; lateribus antice leviter rotundatis, dein subparal- 
lelis, ante angulis posticis leviter sinuatis, his fere rectis ; 
margine postico in medio leviter lobato, hoc marginibus- 
que lateralibus setiferis. Elytris basi thorace paululo 
latioribus, convexis, postice ampliatis, sat fortiter punc- 
tato-striatis, interstitiis planis, 1, 3,5, 7 tuberculis minutis 
setiferis, 4, 6, 8 tuberculis majoribus ornatis, interstitio 
secundo tuberculis elongatis, basi confluentibus setiferis ; 
marginibus obscure purpureis. Tibiis anticis apice dila- 
tatis, extus quadridentatis, dentibus basalibus minutis. 
Long. 53 lin.; lat. (postice) 3 lin. 
The suture of the elytra is slightly raised and furnished 
with a series of minute tufts of short fulvous bristles; the 
punctures in the striz are very distinct, and are not placed 
very close together. 
Hab.—Simabara. 
Two specimens found in a dead snake in May, 1870, by 
Mr. Lewis. 
Trox obscurus, sp. nov. 
Cinereus, opacus. Capite thoraceque obscure albido- 
tectis, illo binoduloso, hoc supra tuberculis quinque. 
Elytris thoracis latitudine postice paulo ampliatis, obsolete 
striato-punctatis, seriebus circiter octo tuberculorum par- 
vorum flayo-tomentosorum, serieque tuberculorum oblong- 
orum majorum prope suturam, hic et illic maculis parvis 
nitidis nigris. Corpore subtus pedibusque griseo-albo 
tectis, abdomine nigro. 
Long. 6 lin.; lat. 34 lin. 
Head flat, acuminate in front, clothed with dirty-white 
tomentum; forehead with two approximate, transverse, 
