Scarabseidse in the British Museum. 57 



and there is a slight sinuosity in the margin on cacli side; 

 the frontal carina is nearly straight, but has its middle and 

 angles very slightly raised. Tiie thorax has the median line 

 strongly marked and reaching beyond the middle ; the 

 impressions at the base arc transverse and not conspicuous ; 

 the punctuation is very fine and moderately close on the disk, 

 much stronger at the sides ; the fine ridge at the anterior 

 border is slightly oblique on each side, with a small, rather 

 acute tubercle in the middle. The posterior tarsi have the 

 basal joint scarcely twice as long as broad, strongly emar- 

 ginatc at the apex ; the second joint narrow, a little thickened 

 before the middle, about half the length of the basal joint. 



Dendropemon angustipennis, Harold. 



Elongato-oblongus, sat depressus, eupreseeus, subtus niger, nitidus : 

 capita rugoso, antice uigro, bidentato, vertice obtuse carinato ; 

 thorace antice nigro, evidenter punctate, postice subtilius punctu- 

 lato ; clytris parallelis, latitudiue pauUo longioribus, t'ortiter 

 striatis, interstitiis modice convexis, punctis minutis sparsis ; 

 pygidio punctato ; tarsorum posticorum articulo basali parallclo, 

 basi solum angustato, apice emarginato, articulo secundo angusto, 

 quam articulo basali vix breviori. 



Long. 4| lin. 



Var. Omnino cyaneo-niger. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Amazons, Ega (//. W, Bates^ Esq.). 



This is one of the more elongate species and only slightly 

 depressed. The head is black in front, partly coppery and 

 partly green posteriorly ; the frontal ridge is very gently 

 curved, obscurely punctured posteriorly ; the two anterior 

 teeth are separated by a nearly equilateral- triangular space, 

 and their outer edge forms with the mai'gin an angle a little 

 less than a right angle. The thorax has its sides parallel at 

 the middle ; the front portion is black, the black extending 

 more at the sides ; the median line is strongly marked, 

 extending beyond the middle ; the basal impressions are very 

 small and inconspicuous ; the anterior ridge is somewhat 

 oblique on each side, obtusely angulated forwards in the 

 middle, but with scarcely any tubercle. The elytra are a 

 trifle longer than broad, obscure coppery, with slight green 

 reflexions ; the strias deep, not very distinctly punctured, the 

 interstices moderately convex and almost smooth. The 

 posterior legs are short and thick; the basal joint of the 

 posterior tarsi about one third longer than broad ; the second 

 joint scarcely shorter ihan the first; but much narrower, sub- 



