Scarab seiclEe in the British Museum. 521 



Copris excisus, sp. n. 



Oblongus, parum convexus, sat nitidus, piceus ; capite antice laevi, 

 postice subtiliter sat crebre punctulato, vertice transversira leviter 

 impresso ; thorace paullo convexo, sat crebre evidenter punctato, 

 basi medio leviter impresso ; elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis 

 sat convexis, subtiliter distincte puuctatis ; pygidio crebre punc- 

 tato. 

 J . Capite medio tuberculo parvo perparum elevato, clypeo utrinque 

 profunde inciso, parte anteriori in medio recta, utrinque in cornu 

 sat aeuminato producta. 



5 . Magis nitidus ; capite medio transversira paullo elevato, tuber- 

 culo parvo conico ad apicem truncate, clypeo margine medio 

 obtuse bideutato, dentibus aat distantibus. 



Long. 5^ lin. 



Hah. N. India. 



This is allied to C. signatus^ Walker, but is more convex. 

 The male has a deep incision on each side of the front part of 

 the head, thus leaving a slightly acuminate horn-like process 

 in front ; these horns are slightly obliquely directed forwards, 

 and are separated by a somewhat wide space. The thorax is 

 more convex than in allied species ; it is rather closely punc- 

 tured, and the punctures are small, especially at the front 

 part of the disk ; there is a slight impression in the middle 

 of the base, continued forwards by some larger punctures. 

 The elytra has the strife very distinct, with distinct trans- 

 verse punctures, which are not crowded together ; the inter- 

 stices are slightly dull, gently convex, very finely punctured, 

 the punctures not very close together. 



The female is altogether more shining than the male. The 

 head has the usual two obtuse teeth in front, but they are 

 more porrect than in the allied species and are separated by a 

 more semicircular space. The thorax has the punctuation 

 similar, but a trifle less fine, "i'he elytra are shining and 

 the punctures on the interstices are very distinct and less fine. 



Cojjris Andrewesij sp. n. 



Statura omnino praccedenti, niger, opacus : capita crebre subtiliter 

 punctulato, margine antico solum laevi medio in lobo obtuso pro- 

 ducto ; thorace confertim sat fortiter punctato ; elytris fortiter 

 striatis, striis sat fortiter punctatis, interstitiis bene convexis, 

 impimctatis vel obsoletissirae puree punctulatis ; pygidio fortiter 

 punctato. 

 cJ . Capite medio carina brcvi, postice tuberculo rainuto. 

 $ ■?. Capite medio convexo, postice tuberculo vix elevato. 

 Long. n| lin. 



