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not the species here described; and it is possible that S. Ritsemae is 

 the true 8. hrahmina, for it is evident frora the descriptiou of Mr. 

 Lansberge that the X hrahmina of his description is not the species 

 described under tfhat name by Mr. Bates. I may mention that I have 

 no doubt that the species described by Mr. Bates is the true hrah- 

 mina of Mr. Hope. 



SyncqiSifi simplcx {n. i^\).): Subdepressa, piceo-nigra, nitida; chjfeo 

 antice medio inciso; vertice tuberculato; genis prothoracisqtie angulis an- 

 ticis simp/icihus; prothorace subtiliter pimctato, nitido; elytris striatis, 

 striis minus evidenter crenato-punctatis. — Long. 25, lat. 15 mill. 



Laos (Mouhot!). 



Head less densely and rugosely punctared than in the other 

 species. Thorax shining with the punctiiation distinct only at tlie 

 sides and front angles. The striae of the elytra fine and their 

 piinctuatiün indistiiict, the interstices ahnost or qnite inipunctate. The 

 metasternum is very dee'ply impressed at the extremity, the abdomen 

 smooth and sliining. The middle tibiae are rather stout. The bind 

 tarsi short, only about half as long as the tibiae. 



My specimen is probably a male as the bind tibiae bear a dense 

 fringo of long ciliae; the 5th.-segment of the abdomen is much longer 

 than either the 4th or 6th. 



Obs. Some of the peculiarities of the genus are nearly or quite 

 absent in this species. The angles of the head and thorax do not 

 differ materially from those of Copris, the legs are less ateuchoid, and 

 the suture separating the piece of the metasternnm, alluded to in my 

 description of 8. Thoas , is short and incomplete , only its posterior 

 portion exists and this is concealed by the middle femora. On the 

 other band the structure of the elytral pleurae and the thoracic side 

 lines remains as in the other species of the genus. 



Copris Iris (n. sp.) : Niger , nitidm , ehjtris hyalinis , subtiliter 

 striatis; chjpeo margine integro ; vertice cor nie magno, recurvo; thorace 

 valde retuso, margine anteriore medio tuberculato ; tiblis tarsisque posticis 

 gracilibus ; mento lato, minus discrete transversim impresso, palpis lahiali- 

 his articido 1 et 2 Intis, 3 hrevi, nnqusto. $• — Long. 23 mill. 



Laos (Mouhot!). 



Clypeus rounded in front, without notch , armod with a long 

 hörn cnrved backwards, moderately })unctured, the hörn not punctnied 



