Scarabjeidaj in the British Museum. 359 



dentiform, slightly curved ; the lower angle is somewhat 

 triangularly dilated ; the tibias are unusually slender. 



A female from Peru which appears to be referable to this 

 species differs in having a much smaller tubercle on the head ; 

 the metasternum has only a small lightly impressed fovea 

 behind, with a faint indication of a median line ; the posterior 

 femora are long and narrow but simple ; the anterior tibiae 

 have the four teeth equidistant, and the anterior declivity of 

 the thorax is less abrupt. 



Pinotus Buclcleyij sp. n. 



Sat elongatus, subparallelus, niger, nitidus ; capite antice rotunrlato, 

 transvorsim niguloso, medio cornu perlongo, apicem versus augus- 

 tato, postice subcanaliculato, apice ipso truncate instructo ; 

 thorace laevi, antice declivi, disco utrinque fortiter rugoso, medio 

 in tumulo elevate, tumulo apice triangulariter exciso, sicut bifur- 

 cate ; elytris sat fortiter obtuse striatis, striis fere laevibus, inter- 

 stitiis modice convexis, fere laevibus. J • 



Long. 9 lin. 



Hah. Ecuador, Chiguinda {Buchley). 



This species has more the appearance of a true Copris than 

 any Pinotus known to me, with more oblong elytra almost 

 truncate at their apex. The much raised discoidal promin- 

 ence of the thorax is directed forwards and upwards, divided 

 at its apex into two acuminate tubercles. The elytra are 

 marked with obtusely impressed striae, each stria terminating 

 at the base in a fovea. 



This species may be placed between P. anaglypticus and 

 P. torulosus. 



Pinotus Haroldij sp. n. 



Niger, subnitidus ; capite elongato-triangulari, planato, crebre trans- 

 vorsim ruguloso, apice paulle exciso, postice cornu laminiformi 

 reclinato, apice angustato recurve ; thorace crebre fortiter punc- 

 tate, antice concave, medio canaliculate; elytris paulle sericeo- 

 opacis, sutura margineque nitidis, leviter punctato-striatis, inter- 

 stitiis vix convexis, evidenter sat crebre punctatis ; pygidio nitido, 

 Bubtiliter punctate, d" . 



Long. 10| lin. 



Hah. Argentine Republic, Cordova. 



Very near P. nutans^ Harold, but at once distinguished by 

 the much less impressed striae of the elytra and nearly flat 

 interstices. The head is a little shorter, with a small wide 

 emargination at the apex. The laminiform horn is broad at 



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