518 Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on new 



C. orphanus, Guerin, which is allied to these, is smaller 

 and narrower and has the middle lobe of the thorax triden- 

 tate. We have received it from Kilimanjaro, and it seems 

 to me very probable that C. evanida, Kl., from Sena, is 

 referable to this species. 



Copris gracilis, sp. n. 



Convexus, piceus, parum nitidus ; capite ruguloso, postice lsevi ; 

 thorace creberrime evidenter punetulato ; elytris obscure casta- 

 neis, nitidis, crenato-striatis, interstitiis leviter convexis, subtilis- 

 sime parce punctulatis ; pygidio evidenter sat crebre punctato. 



(S . Capite cornu acuminato, sat longo, leviter curvato, btisi bidenticu- 

 lato armato ; thorace antice abrupte declivi, parte declivi utrinque 

 leviter impressa. 



5 . Capite tuberculo parvo ad apicem impresso ; thorace aequali. 



Long. 5-5| lin. 



Hab. CafFraria. 



Kesembles C. sinon, ¥., but is less dull and differently 

 sculptured. The head is similar, but is rather more rugulose 

 in front. The thorax is moderately strongly punctured all 

 over, the punctures being separated from each other by nearly 

 the diameter of a puncture ; the anterior declivous part is also 

 punctured, but the punctures are a little finer and are very 

 delicate at the upper part of the middle portion ; the impres- 

 sions on each side of the front part are less deep than in C. 

 sinon and are punctured ; the middle discoidal lobe is similar 

 to that in C. sinon, but is much less prominent ; there is a 

 lightly impressed median line. The elytra are more shining 

 than in C. sinon, with the stria3 deeper and the interstices 

 gently convex. 



Copris puncticollis, Bohem. (according to a specimen 

 kindly sent from Stockholm by Prof. Aurivillius for com- 

 parison), is very near C. gracilis, but is a little shorter and 

 rather less parallel, and is at once distinguished by the 

 coarser punctuation of the thorax, the punctures being 

 crowded together. 



Copris diversus, sp. n. 



Convexus, piceus, nitidus; capite antice subtilissime punetulato, 

 postice sat fortiter punctato, margine medio late leviter emar- 

 ginato ; thorace punctato, postice laevi, antice leviter declivi; 

 elytris fortiter striatis, striis fortiter punctatis, interstitiis con- 

 vexis, subtilissime parce punctulatis fere lawibus ; pygidio fortiter 

 crebre punctato. 



J . Capite cornu parvo acuminato. 



$ . Capite lamina parva ad apicem subtruncata. 



Long. 5 lin. 



