424: I\[r. G. J. Arrow on new 



thorax is not greatly narrowed in front and is strongly and 

 thickly punctured and minutely setose, with an interrupted 

 transverse carina in front. 



0. productus is very closely related to 0. ruguJosus^ ITar., 

 from N. China. It is less densely puiictnred above, especially 

 upon the prothorax of the male, "svhich is also still more 

 narrowed in front, and the front tibia? in the same sex are 

 more elongate. 



There are examples in the British Museum and in ]\I. Keiie 

 Oberthiir's collection. 



Onthophagus (Caccohius) galUnus, sp. n. 



Niger, capite prothoraceqiie obscure cupreus, subnitidus, crebre et 

 rugose punctatus, iibique breviter setosus ; clypeo emavgiiiato, 

 grosse punctate ; prothorace dense punctato, marginato, angulis 

 anticis hand acutis, posticis obsoletis ; elytris striatis, inter- 

 stitiis granulatis ; pygidio grosse punctato, metasterno sat 

 punctato ; tibiis anticis fortiter trideutatis. 



S . Capite nitido, leviter emargiuato, cariua anteriore arcuata 

 posterioreque recta valde elevata, summa trifida, dentibus duobus 

 esteruis longioribus, recurvatis ; prothorace dorso elevato, antico 

 fere acuminato, parte autica excavata, poUta ; metasterno postice 

 impresso. 



$ . Capite rugose punctato, paulo producto, antice acute bidentato, 

 carina anteriore arcuata posterioreque fere recta ; prothorace 

 antice medio minute prominente. 

 Long. 4-5 mm. 



Ilah. S. India, Nilgiri Hills, Belgaum. 



Deep bronzy black, with the head and prothorax generally 

 more distinctly metallic, clothed above and below with 

 greyish sette. The prothorax is densely punctured, the 

 elytra striated and rugosely granulated, and the pygidiuni 

 coarsely punctured. The metasternum is strongly but rather 

 sparsely punctured and not prominent in front. The anterior 

 tibite bear three strong teeth, above which they are finely 

 denticulated. 



(^ . The head is shining, thinly punctured, slightly notched 

 in front, with a curved sutural carina and a very strongly 

 elevated frontal one terminating in a triangular median tooth 

 and a pair of short recurved lateral horns. The prothorax is 

 convex behind, slightly excavated and smooth in front, the 

 upper margin of the excavated part forming a slight tooth in 

 the middle. 



? . The head is rugosely punctured and sharply bidentate 

 in front, with two slight carina. 



This species belongs to the closely connected group of 



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