182 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 



cate. Thorax, in the male convex and strongly punctured 

 behind, very retuse and smooth in front, and with the elevated 

 portion more advanced on the median line than at the sides, in 

 the female without tuberosity of any kind, and without any 

 trace of the median line. Elytra punctato-striate with the 

 interstices broad, moderately flat and punctate. Body beneath 

 somewhat hairy. Legs black. Antennse red. 



347. — Onthophagus capella, Kirby. Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. XII., page 398. 



348. — Onthophagus desectus. n. sp. 



Length 6 lines. 

 Black, nitid, and densely punctate. Head with two trans- 

 verse ridges in both sexes, the clypeus a little more pointed and 

 reflexed in the male than in the female. Thorax, in the male 

 elevated into a tubercle on the median line behind, and present- 

 in o- fi'om that point to the anterior margin an oblique flat surface 

 as if cut down, on each side of the central tubei-cle and a little 

 in front there is a small protuberance also cut through in the 

 same way, and on the oblique anterior surface the median line 

 is finely carinated ; in the female there is a tubercle in the 

 middle of the median line, a slight depression in front, and the 

 median line itself is carinated finely in front and shghtly im- 

 pressed behind. Elytra with seven fine smooth lightly punctate 

 striae on each, with the interstices broad, flat, and smooth. 

 Anterior tibise slight and flatly toothed in the male. 



This species has a wide range and is not by any means un- 

 common in many parts of New South Wales. I cannot find 

 however that it has ever been described. 



349. — Onthophagus quinquetuberculatus. n. sp. 



Length 8 lines. 

 Black, subnitid, finely and densely punctate. Head trans- 

 versely punctate, with the clypeus rounded and reflexed at the apex 

 in the female, and almost truncate and more reflexed in the male. 



