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except at the base. Thorax with the anterior angles ncarly roctangii- 

 lar, rdiuul and not sinuate at the sidos, the bind angles entiroly ab- 

 sent , the front margin trisinuate , with a small elevated tubercle in 

 the middle; the bind part of the thorax risos a little from tlie base 

 towards the front, tili at a distance of abont 3 mill. from the base 

 it descends abruptly towards the hoad, the front margin of the basal 

 portion is trisinuate, the retuse portion is rather coarsely bnt sparingly 

 punctured, the posterior portion smooth; the elytra have a faint hya- 

 line finge (such as is seen in some of the species of Pinotus) , they 

 are finely but distinctly striated, the Striae very finely punctured, the 

 8th Stria is very short; the pygidium is very obsoletely punctured; 

 the middle portion of the motasternum is irapunctate except for some 

 obsolete punctures at the anterior extremity , its sides are- coarsely 

 and sparingly punctured. The bind tibiae aro slender with the lateral 

 tooth very prominent, their tarsi slender, with the joints not triangu- 

 jar, but almost parallel sided. 



This insect in its hörn and the form of its thorax is a good 

 deal like C. hispanus, but the species will be easily recognized Ity the 

 remarkably broad basal joints of the labial palpi. 



Copris calvus (n. sp.) : Nigro-ficcm, nitidus ; cli/pco »tedio Icviter 

 emarginato , cormi hrein , acuminato , vix recurvo ; thorace laterihus an- 

 gidisquc anteriorihus simplioitcr rotundatis, pone apicem leviter retuso, 

 media tenuiter pimctato-canalimlato ; elytris suhtilitcr striatis, striis haud 

 impresds scd distincte punctatis, interstitiis laevihuH ; pygidio laevi. 5- - - 

 Long. 18, lat. prothoracis 9 mill. 



Menado (Wallace!). 



Front part of clypeus finely riigosely punctured , lateral portion 

 with rather large well separated punctures , the hörn and the part 

 behind it almost impunctate. Thorax transvorsely very convex, im- 

 punctate except at the anterior angles , the sides and front angles 

 rounded, the front part a little retuse, the limit of this a little bi- 

 sinuate, the posterior portion with a fine Channel along the middle, 

 which is formed by fine punctures. The elytra are very finely striated. 

 The central part of the metasternum is quite smooth and impunctate, 

 the lateral portions sparingly punctured. The basal joints of tlie bind 

 tarsus are short and rather broad and triangulär. 



