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dentiform, slightly curved ; the lower angle is somewhat 

 triangularly dilated ; the tibiae are unusually slender. 



A female from Peru which appears to be referable to this 

 species differs in having a much smaller tubercle on the head ; 

 the metasternum has only a small lightly impressed fovea 

 behind, with a faint indication of a median line ; the posterior 

 femora are long and narrow but simple ; the anterior tibia? 

 have the four teeth equidistant, and the anterior declivity of 

 the thorax is less abrupt. 



Pinotus Buckley i, sp. n. 



Sat elongatus, subparallelus, niger, nitidus ; capite antice rotunrlato, 

 transversim ruguloso, medio cornu perlongo, apicem versus augus- 

 tato, postice subcanaliculato, apice ipso truncato instructo ; 

 thorace lsevi, antice declivi, disco utrinque fortiter rugoso, medio 

 in tumulo elevato, tumulo apice triangulariter exciso, sicut bifur- 

 cato ; elytris sat fortiter obtuse striatis, striis fere laevibus, iuter- 

 stitiis modice convexis, fere lsevibus. <J . 



Long. 9 lin. 



Hab. Ecuador, Chiguinda (Buckley}. 



This species has more the appearance of a true Copris than 

 any Pinotus known to me, with more oblong elytra almost 

 truncate at their apex. The much raised discoidal promin- 

 ence of the thorax is directed forwards and upwards, divided 

 at its apex into two acuminate tubercles. The elytra are 

 marked with obtusely impressed stria?, each stria terminating 

 at the base in a fovea. 



This species may be placed between P. anaglypticus and 

 P. torulosus. 



Pinotus Haroldij sp. n. 



Niger, subnitidus ; capite elongato-triangulari, planato, crebre trans- 

 versim ruguloso, apice paullo exciso, postice cornu laminiformi 

 reclinato, apice angustato recurvo ; thorace crebre fortiter punc- 

 tato, antice concavo, medio canaliculato ; elytris paullo sericeo- 

 opacis, sutura margineque nitidis, leviter punctato-striatis, inter- 

 stitiis vix convexis, evidenter sat crebre punctatis ; pygidio nitido, 

 subtiliter punctato. 3 . 



Long. 10| lin. 



Hab. Argentine Republic, Cordova. 



Very near P. nutans, Harold, but at once distinguished by 

 the much less impressed stria? of the elytra and nearly flat 

 interstices. The head is a little shorter, with a small wide 

 emargination at the apex. The laminiform horn is broad at 



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