88 



Beliocopris gigas Linne. Syst. Nat, 10 Ed. p, 348, iir. 25. 

 — Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 16. (?). 



„ Isidis Latr. Mem. Mus. V. 1819. p. 249. 



,, Isidis ßohem. Ins. Caffr. II. p. 214. 



Egypt, Caffraria. 



2. Heliocopris Midas Fabr. Syst. Eut. p. 21. 84. — Oliv. 

 Ent. I. 3. p. 99. t. 20. f. 183. 



The type in tlie Banksian Collectiou is an undeveloped J , with 

 a broad hörn on the vertex, nanowed to the suniinit and truncated, 

 and the angles prolonged into acute poiiits. It has a short erect 

 tooth on the lateral niargins of the clypeus. India. 



3. Heliocopris Ander soni nov. spec. 



^ . H. giganti siniillima, major, elytrorum striis minus di- 

 stinclis, clypei cornubvs küeralibus retrorsnm spectuntibus, prope 

 apicem dilatatis et compressis, opice valäe obtusis; angulis preo- 

 cularibus nullis. Thorax processn medio subliorizontali, apice 

 integro; cornubus lateralibus rectis, divergentibus , apice latis 

 bifidis. 



J. Minor: statu correspondenti H. gigantis differt carina 

 frontali tridentata, nee bidentata. — ? (Jgnota.} 

 Prope Lacum N'Gami, (Anderson!) 



4. Beliocopris Colossus Nobis (Vide supra). 



Sc. gigas Oliv. Ent. I. 3. p. 132. t. 14. f. 137. ?. 



5. Heliocopris domina nov. spec. 



^ major: Figura H. gigantis, multo major, piceo-nigra, 

 polita, elytris castaneis, distincte striatis, interstitiis subconvexis 

 sparsim punctatis. Caput valde expansum, angulis preocularibus 

 nullis, clypeo antice late leviter emarginato , lateribus medio 

 utrinque cornu suberecto armatis, vertice etiam bicornuto, cor- 

 nubus paullo minoribus; clypeo subtiliter transverse plicata, ver- 

 tice postice rugose-punctato. Thorax quadratus, lateribus antice 

 imprimis paullo obliquis, dein dente brevi retrocurvato armatis, 

 post hoc breviter sinuatis, dein paullo rotundatis, ante angulos 

 posticos sinuato-angustatis } supra antice retusus et confertim 

 granulatus, rufo-pilosus, medio valde elevatus, flexuoso-carina- 



