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puiicturod. The iiüddle tibitie are oxtreniely broad at tbo extreniity, 

 and not in tbe least digitate , tlieir spur« are bmad , thc tar«i are 

 broad, tbe basa^ Joint forming- a broad trianglo. Tbe bind tibiae 

 are broad at tbe extremity, tboir tarsi elongate, distinctly longer tban 

 tbe tibiae. 



Tbe Single specimen I possess of tbis fine and very distinct 

 species I obtained from tlie collection of Grandin de TEprevier, wbere 

 it was indicated as „Copris nov, spec. Ind. or." Tbe specimen is I 

 bave 110 doubt a female , the middle of tbe liead is elevated , tbe 

 sunuuit of the elevation having a very sniall notch. Tbo tborax has 

 a sliglitly c rved transverse line in front of the middle. In the rieh 

 collection of H. W. Bates the male , I believe of this species , is to 

 be found. I bope he will coraplote my description by Publishing its 

 characters. 



Synapsis Batest (n. sp.): Subdepressa, nigra; chjpeo antice mcdio 

 inciso, vertice unüuherculato ; genis migtdo posteriore acuto, tenui, poste- 

 rius minus producto; prothorace dense grimulato, medio sullaevi, angulis 

 antieis externis minus prodiictis, fere rotundatis , internis fere rectis ; 

 ehjtris striatis , striis angustis , fere simplicihis , interstitüs pa/rcissime 

 suhtiliter punctatis. — Long. 24, lat. 14 mill. 



Mas: Tihiis posticis ciliatis. 



India bor. 



Upper side of clypeus rugosely punctured, its angles slcnder, 

 but ouly little produced backwardly. Thorax 6\'2 mill. long in the 

 middle, 12 Va mill. in width between the outer front angles; the 

 Space between the two side margins ratber strongly granulate. The 

 crenation . of the Striae on the elytra is line and indistinct. The 

 pygidium ratber closely punctured. The bind tibiae are slender, and 

 but little dilated at the extremity. 



This species inhabits Northern India; it is closely alliod to 

 8. hrahmina Hope, the angles- of the head are less curved, and less 

 produced bebind, and the front angles of tbo tborax, when looked at 

 from the front, form a much less broad cup , and tbe outer angle 

 of this receptaclc is much less proloiiged, tbe striae of the elytra are 

 narrower and their punctuatioii lutt so evident, and the bind femora 

 have no tubcrcle at the base. 



