434 



On a remarkable new BaH-rolling Beetle. 



utrinque obtnse aiigiilato ; elytris brevissimis, subtiliter obsolete 

 striatic, hand punetatis ; pedibus anticis validissimis, feraoribus 

 forliter iiicrassatis, antice acute trideiitatis, coxis anticis etiam 

 acute deiitatis, tibiis elongatis, extiis post medium deiitibus sat 

 l)revibu'^ 4 armatis, iutus serratis, apice leviter incurvato, pedibus 

 intermediis rairabilo reductis, tibiis brevibus, apice calcare 

 spatiilato munito, tarsis ad horum extremitates vix attingentibus, 

 pedibus posticis modice elongatis, tibiis gracilibus, leviter arouutis, 

 apice calcaribus spatulatis quam tarsis dimidio brevioribus prae- 

 ditis, extus hirtis uigris dense ordinatis bis cristatis, crista 

 interiori Integra, exteriori interrupta ; unguibus minutis, baud 

 curvatis aut divergentibus. 

 Long. 48 mm. ; lafc. max. 32 mm. 



This has no close relationsliip witli any otlier known 

 species. Not only is it nuicli larger, but the conformation of 

 ihe legs is very (liflTi'rent. Their hairy fringes are mueh^ 



Mnevtatium cancer, sp. n., natimilsize. 



shorter and more compact, and the swollen and strongly 

 toothed front femora and the greatly reduced middle pair of 

 legs have no counterpart in any otlier species. 'J'lie shape 

 of the head is as in the species of Sebasteos, very broad and 

 sparsely studded with tubercles. The pronotum is distinctly 

 broader than the elytra and bears only a few small clusters of 

 minute punctures. There is a short upturned fringe of hairs 

 near the middle of the serrated lateral marg-ins, which meet 



