Scarabseidse in the British Museum. 353 



crebre subtiliter punctiilato, medio transversim leviter elevato, 

 clypeo piceo, creberrime ii'regulariter subtiliter punctato, antice 

 leviter emarginato, medio dentibus duobus sat porrectis obtusis ; 

 thorace convexo, antice modice augiistato, sat crebre subtiliter 

 puuctulato, postice utrinque fere Isevi, medio linea laevissime 

 impressa ; elytris evideuter striatis, striis punctatis, interstitiis 

 laevissime convexis, Itevibus ; pygidio senescenti, subtiliter sat 

 crebre puuctulato ; pedibus piceis, tibiis posticis sat elongatis 

 parallelis, tarsorum articulo basali lougitudine paullo latiori, ad 

 apicem angulatim emarginato. 

 Long. 3| lin. 



Hob. Brazil, Minas Geraes. 



The thorax has the punctures fine but distinct and mode- 

 rately separated. The elytra have the striag distinctly 

 impressed except the second at the basal half, the punctures 

 in the strias are of different sizes. The pygidiuui has the 

 punctures fine, irregular, and distinctly separated from each 

 other, 'i'he posterior tarsi have the basal joint a little 

 broader than long, emarginate at the apex (PI. XI. fig. 5). 



Onthocharis co?istric(a, sp. n. 



Elongato-oblouga, nitida ; capite ^•irescenti, subtiliter puuctulato, 

 clypeo antice piceo, leviter emarginato, medio bidentato ; thorace 

 bene convexo, subtiliter punctulato, nigro-piceo virescenti, linea 

 mediana nulla ; elytris basi apicecjue sat angustatis, piceo-nigris, 

 evideuter striatis, striis sat crebre punctatis, interstitiis vix con- 

 vexis, subtilissime parce punctulatis, fere la3vibus, lateribus arcua- 

 tis ; pygidio cupreo, subtiliter punctulato ; corpore subtus cupres- 

 centi, abdominis segmento penultimo viridi-tiucto ; pedibus piceis, 

 tibiis viridi-tinctis, posticis sat elongatis, apicem versus latioribus, 

 angulo externo producto acuto ; tarsorum articulo basali brevi 

 triangulari, ad apicem emarginato. 



Long, 2j lia. 



Hab. Cayenne. 



The head has a slightly raised angulated line dividing the 

 clypeus from the forehead. The thorax has the sides very 

 much deflexed, so that the lateral margins are not visible from 

 above ; the punctuation is extremely fine but distinct, the 

 punctures slightly separated from each other. The elytra 

 have the striae very distinct, the punctures in them mode- 

 rately distinct and rather close together. The posterior tarsi 

 have the basal joint short, triangular (PI. XI. fig. 6). 



This species has the somewhat peculiar form of 0. picta, 

 Harold. 



