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Allied to tlie Chinese (and australian) 0. hiridus Boj., but distin- 

 guished by the form of tlie head and hörn in the male. 



Onthophagus rufüans (n. sp.): Nitidus, supra mdits , clypeo 

 tTioraceque laete aiireo-cupreis ; ehjtris nigris, profunde striatis; antennis 

 rußs; clypeo in utroque sexu hicarinato, carinii super iore a vertice remota. 

 — Long. 9 -10 1/2 mül. 



Clypeus broad and short , very rounded in front , along the 

 middle with two elevated lines , the anterior slightly curved , the 

 posterior quite straight and placed not on the vertex but in front of 

 the eyes, the front part is rugosely, the other parts finely and not 

 closely punctured. The thorax is of a brilliant copper or golden 

 copper colour, it is finely punctured, the punctuation being distinct 

 near the front angies, but nearly entirely wanting at the base in the 

 middle , the basal margin is wanting ; there is a fine Channel along 

 the middle in the posterior part. The elytra are shining black and 

 contrast strongly with the thorax, they are deeply striatcd, the Striae 

 are obsoletely punctured, the interstices finely rather closely punc- 

 tured. The pygidiura is without pubescence and is moderately closely 

 punctured, the outcr angies more distinctly than the other parts. The 

 sides of the prosternum are rather strongly punctured; the metastor- 

 num has a Channel along the middle, and is only very slightly pro- 

 minent in the middle in front; the general colour of the underside 

 is pitchy with a slight metallic finge; the legs are pitchy, the femora 

 Short and stout, and almost impunctate beneath, the anterior tibiao 

 short and very stout. 



Tringano, Singapore CWallacel). 



Also from Lafertes collection , where it was labelled „rutilicoUis 

 Reiche". The species is remarkable in that sexual cliaracters on the 

 head and thorax appear to be entirely wanting. 



OnthopJiafim fuhnis (n. sp.) : Ex affinitate 0. ovati, fulvus, ver- 

 ice ohscure metallesceute, mesosterno prosternique parte posteriore infuscd- 

 tis, supra er ehre punctatus, vix nitidus breviterque puhescens. — Long, 

 41/2— 5 '/ü raUl. 



Mas: Fronte licarinata, carina posteriore hrevi, bene elevata. 



Fem. • Fronte hicarinata, carina posteriore humili. 



