VIII. 



Diagnosen neuer Arten. 



Vom Heravisgeber. 



A. Cüprophagen. 



Phanaeus Ämithaon: Viridicupreus, clypeo integro, fronte cornii 

 arcuato longissimo ante basin angulatim leviter incrassato , thorace 

 declivi, scabroso, postice utrinque dente compresso, antice medio mar- 

 gini fere apposito tuberciüo parvulo. Simillimus Fh. diviso, dentibus 

 thoracis basalibns compressis , tuberciilis duobus discoidalibus anto- 

 positis deficientibus siciit et tuberculo anteriore margini apposito 

 distingnendus. 5- — Long. 23 mill. Mexico: Cluanajuato (Salle!). 



OntJiophagus Beccarü: Cupreo-vel viridi-aeneus, interdum viri- 

 cyaneus, subnitidus; clypeo antice truncato, in S producto et reflexo, 

 auriciilis rotundatis, vertice in S lamina reclinata, apice angustata et 

 flssa; thorace antice medio excavato, in $ margine elevato medio ob- 

 solete subtuberculato , antice granulöse , postice remotius impresso- 

 punctato, elytris luteo-aeneis, indeterminate plus minusve fusco-irroratis. 

 Simillimus 0, prasino , at genis rotundatis et thorace postice non 

 granulato dignoscendus. — Long. 9 — 10 mill. Bogos (Beccarü) 

 Abyssinia bor. (Hildebrandt!). 



0. prasinus | Harold. Col. Heft. VIII. p. 16. 



Onthophagus Mouhoti : Obscure viridi-mctallicus , subnitidus, 

 clypeo rotundato integro, vertice cornubus duobus arcuatis, rcclinatis 

 longissimis, thorace laevi, antice profiindissime transversim foveolato, 

 dorso supra foveam in laminam elongatam compressam producto; ely- 

 tris obsoletissime striatis et punctulatis; antennis testaceis, articulis 

 basalibus primis piceo-rufis. S- — Long. 17 mill. Laos (Mouhot!). 



