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15. APHODIUS TENUIMANUS, n. sp. 



Aphodio melanosticto Er. persimilis ; oblongm, subconvexus, nitidus, infuscato-testaceus, 

 capite thoraceque nigris, hoc lateribus testaceis, elytris luteis, maculis dorsalibus 4 vel 5 

 strigaque sublaterali nigris, pedibus metasternoque media testaceis; fronte media vix 

 tuberculato ; tibiis anterioribus tenuibus, intus conspicue ciliatis. 



Long. 5-6 mm. 



This species is so similar to A. melanosticticus that it will be easily recognized by compa- 

 rison with that species and by noticing the points in which it differs; these are that the 

 base of the thorax is less sinuate on each side, makes in fact scarcely any deviation from 

 a gentle rounding of the base ; the front tibiae are long and much more slender, and have 

 the cilia on their inner edge more numerous. I have seen only three individuals ; they 

 show no sexual difference, so that I am not quite sure whether they are males or females ; 

 but I believe the former, and in that case an important point of difference will be found 

 in the tubercles of the head, for these specimens show only a very obsolete central tubercle 

 and no lateral ones. 



The specimens are labelled " a," which indicates that the exact locality where Stoliczka 

 procured them is unknown. 



RHYSSEMUS (Munich Cat.). 



16. SCARAB^US ASPER, Fab. 



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Jhelam Valley, July 1873. 



This common European species is apparently plentiful in Northern India. The Indian 

 specimens are usually a little smaller and more shining, and have the imbricate granula- 

 tions on the elytra rather finer than European specimens, but I can find no characters of 

 specific value to distinguish them. There are several allied, but as yet undescribed, species 

 found in India. 



GEOTRUPES (Munich Cat.). 

 17. GEOTRUPES ORIENTALIS, Hope. 

 Murree, two specimens. 



18. GEOTRUPES FOVEATUS, Har., var. 



I refer two females of a Geotrupes from Sanju to the above European species, from 

 which however they differ by being as large as G. stercorarius, Har., and by having the 

 under-surface of a beautiful golden green colour, and clothed with a long rufous pubescence. 

 These points would not justify me in considering the specimens as specifically distinct; more, 

 over, I have great doubts whether Q.foveatus is more than a small form, with diminished 

 male distinctions, of G. stercorarius ; and if this be so, it is probable that these Sanju indivi- 

 duals may really prove to be only a variety of the widely distributed and abundant Geotrupes 



