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sternum has the space between the coxse very distinctly 

 punctured in front and on the sides close to the coxee. 



Copris simplex, Harold (Col. Heft. iv. p. 81). — If I have 

 rightly identitied this species it is closely allied to 0. mutica 

 and is a Litocoirris with extremely finely punctured interstices 

 to the elytra, but with deep strige, as in L. punctiventris, and 

 "with the metasternum entirely smooth between the coxaj. 



Dendropemon telephus, sp. n. 



Oblongus, niger, nitidus, depressus ; capita rugoso, antice bidentato, 

 vertice carina obtusa recta postice obsolete punctulata, prope 

 angiilos posticos carina sat elevata ; thorace modice convexo, basi 

 Isevi, medio subtilissime parce punetulato, antice distinctius punc- 

 tulato, prope marginem anticum linea elevata, medio tuberculo 

 parvo obtuso instructo ; elytris fere quadratis, fortiter striatis, 

 striis sat obscure piinctatis, interstitiis leviter convexis, parce 

 subtilissime punctulatis ; pygidio obsolete punetulato ; tarsorum 

 posticorum articulo basali elongato fere parullelo, articulo secundo 

 quintuple breviori. 



Long. 65 lin. 



Hah. Cayenne. 



This is one of the comparatively narrow species, somewhat 

 resembling D. viridis in form, but rather more convex. The 

 head is coarsely rugose in front, with the two rather obtuse 

 teeth separated by an equilateral-triangular space ; the space 

 behind the frontal ridge is finely and vaguely punctured ; the 

 side-piece is divided into two nearly equal portions by a very 

 distinct ridge, which does not quite extend to the eye ; the 

 front portion is finely punctured near the margin, the poste- 

 rior portion is im punctate. The thorax has the median line 

 and the two basal punctures well marked ; the middle of the 

 disk and the base are impunctate, tiie sides of the disk are 

 very delicately and moderately closely punctured, the punc- 

 tures becoming much more distinct in front ; close to the 

 front margin there is a small somewhat round protuberance, 

 with a fine, nearly straight, raised line on each side of it. 

 The elytra have the striaj deep, but sharply cut, nearly as in 

 D. viridis ; so that the interstices are only moderately convex. 

 The posterior tarsi have the basal joint a little more than 

 twice as long as broad, subparallel, a little narrowed at the 

 base ; the second joint very small, about one fifth the length 

 of the preceding. 



