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in pairs, the two of each pair separated by a very fine stria, a 
rather wide interstice between each pair and the next pair. I 
have little doubt that the example before me is a male, but it is 
not certain owing to the want of an example of the other sex. 
I have not seen any other Onthophagus coloured as this, the 
general surface piceous inclining towards testaceous on the elytra, 
the whole upper surface with a rich green gloss, more noticeable 
in some than in other lights. 
Victoria; near Geelong; in the 8. A. Museum. 
APHODIUS. 
A. Frenchi, sp. nov. Obovalis; sat convexus; niger vel piceus‘ 
nonnullis exemplis plus minusve rufescentibus; nitidus; 
clypeo antice late leviter emarginato; prothorace sat equal- 
iter punctulato; elytris profunde crenato-striatis, interstitiis 
parum convexis sparsim subtiliter punctulatis. Long., 
13—2 1; lat., 4—41. 
This little species is very like the European A. pusillus, Sturm, 
differing little from it except in the more evident emargination 
of the front of the clypeus, the much closer puncturation of the 
prothorax (the punctures of which are of uniform size, and about 
as large as the larger punctures on the prothorax of pusillus, 
though becoming a little finer close to the front margin), and 
the somewhat smaller teeth of the front tibie, the uppermost 
tooth being, moreover, a little more widely separated from the 
middle one. It agrees with A. pwsillus in the following 
characters :—Scutellum small, setee of the hind tibie elongate, © 
prothorax margined behind and with blunt hind angles, meso- 
sternum finely carinate. 
This species is very distinct from all hitherto described as 
Australian, nor can I identify it as introduced from any other 
country, although in so enormous and widely distributed a genus 
as Aphodius it is difficult to be certain on this point. 
S. Australia and Victoria; common. 
A. Lindensis, sp. nov. Minus elongatus; subopacus, coriaceus ; 
lividus, capite prothoracisque disco piceis, elytris obscure 
piceo-umbratis; capite prothoraceque sparsim fortiter punc- 
tulatis; illo equali, clypeo antice sat reflexo late leviter 
rotundato; prothorace sat transverso postice haud marginato, 
lateribus antice fortiter rotundatis postice fortiter sinuatis ; 
elytris fortiter striatis, interstitiis plus minusve convexis 
(1°, 3°, 5° que quam cetera magis convexis) ; tibiis anticis 
extus sat fortiter 3-dentatis; mesosterno haud carinato. 
Long., 24 1.; lat., 14.1. 
Seems to be near A. Candezei, Har., but that species is 
