the Lamellicorn Coleoptera of Japan. 377 
pair 3-dentate, intermediate and posterior spinose on the outer 
edge and without grooves ; the underside is strongly punctate 
except in the area near the intermediate coxe. 
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Fig. 3. 
Hab. Oshima. . 
lam much indebted to Monsieur René Oberthiir for an 
example of this species. 
Copris ochus. 
Catharsius ochus, Motsch. Etud. Ent. p. 18 (1860); Waterh. Trans. 
Ent. Soc Lond. i. p. 73 (1875). 
There is only one carina on the hind tibia of this species ; 
Catharsius is distinguished from Copris in having two. 
L. 20-26 millim. 
Hab. Simabara, Kobé, Nikko, and Hakodate. Abundant 
on sandy areas. 
Copris acutidens, Motschulsky. 
Copris acutidens, Motsch. Etud. Ent. 1860, p. 18; Waterh. J. c. p. 75 
(1875). 
Large examples of this species measure 16 millim., and 
there is a small race which measures only 10 millim. 
Hiab, Abundant in all the islands in sandy places. 
Copris pecuartus, Lewis. 
Copris pecuarius, Lew. Wien. ent. Zeit. iii. Heft i. p. 17 (1884). 
“C. lunari affinis, sed major. Niger, nitidus, elytris punctato- 
