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part of tho Läse between them oiily veiy slightly producecl. Elytra 

 rather dull, the suture very narrowly brassy, the striao ratlier fine» 

 the interstices flat and entirely impnnctate. Pygidium smooth. Meta- 

 stornum witli very fine, scattered hairs, and along the middle with a 

 broad, sliallow Impression. Tho legs are slender, the anterior tibiae 

 pitchy. 



In tho male the front femora bear each a small tuberclo on the 

 front near tho extreraity, the tibiae are short, slender and but httle 

 curved, externally tridontate, the usual fourfch upper tooth being quito 

 obsolete, underneath they are fiirnishcd with four tubercles the first 

 and last of which are very indistinct, the mucro is abrupt, (the apical 

 tooth which procedes it being sharp and prominent) , short and stout 

 and densely furnished with fulvous ciliae; the middle and bind legs 

 are simple. 



Lombock, a siugle male; (Wallacc!). 



This species is closely alhed to 0. Corydon, but is sraaller, the 

 foveae on the thorax are very minute , the metasternum bears fine 

 sparing hairs , and in the male the bind femora are simple. I liavo 

 mucli pleasure in naming the species in honour of M. van Lansborgo^ 

 the author of the „Monographie des Onitides". 



Onitis crassus (n. sp.): Convexus, niger, chjpeo lato, rotundato, 

 carina clypeali lata, recta, frontali integra, vertice tuberculato ; prothorme 

 dense functnto, opaco; elytris striatis , interstitiis intcrnis convexis, apice 

 fulvo-ciUatis, ?. — Long. corp. 14 mill,, prothoraois 8 raill. 



Head broad, finely granulate all over , clypeus rounded, scarcely 

 truncate in front, its carina broad and straight, uuich nearer to the 

 frontal line than to the front margin; frontal line not interrupted, 

 slightly curved; tuberclo of Vertex moderately elevated, quito separate 

 from the frontal line, but nearer to it than to the vertex. Thorax 

 broad, rounded and dilated at the sides, sinuate behind the middle, 

 bind anglcs dcpressed and but little marked; the surface coarsely 

 puiictured, the punctures on the front part dense and rugose, towards 

 the base more distant but distinct , basal foveae rather largo , mode- 

 rately distant, in front of them tho surface is slightly depressed and 

 on each side of this Impression is a small obscuro space free from 

 punctures, in front of the middle are tvvo indistinct foveae; tho base 

 ^s distinctly marginod for a little distance internal to tho bind angles, 



