Scarabseictaa in the British Museum. 521 



Copris excisus, sp. n. 



Oblongus, parum convcxus, sat nitidus, picous ; capitc antico kcvi, 

 postice subtiliter sat crobro punctulato, vertice transvcrsim lcvitcr 

 impresso ; thorace paullo convoxo, sat crcbre evidenter punotato, 

 basi medio lcvitcr imprcsso ; clytris punetato-striatis, interstitiis 

 sat convexis, subtiliter distincte punctatis ; pygidio crcbre puno- 

 tato. 



J . Capitc medio tubcrculo parvo porparum elevato, clypco utrinque 

 prof undo inoiso, parte anterior] in medio recta, utrinque in cornu 

 sat acuminato producta. 



$ . Magis nitidus ; capitc medio transvcrsim paullo elevato, tubcr- 

 culo parvo conico ad apicem truncato, clypco margiue medio 

 obtuse bidentato, dentibua sat distant ibus. 



Long. 5| lin. 



J/ab. N. India. 



This is allied to C. signatus, Walker, but is more convex. 

 The male has a deep incision on each side of the front part of 

 the head, thus leaving a slightly acuminate horn-like process 

 in front ; these horns are slightly obliquely directed forwards, 

 and are separated by a somewhat wide space. The thorax is 

 more convex than in allied species ; it is rather closely punc- 

 tured, and the punctures are small, especially at the front 

 part of the disk; there is a slight impression in the middle 

 of the base, continued forwards by some larger punctures. 

 The elytra has the striae very distinct, with distinct trans- 

 verse punctures, which are not crowded together ; the inter- 

 stices are slightly dull, gently convex, very finely punctured, 

 the punctures not very close together. 



The female is altogether more shining than the male. The 

 head has the usual two obtuse teeth in front, but they are 

 more porrect than in the allied species and are separated by a 

 more semicircular space. The thorax has the punctuation 

 similar, but a trifle less fine. The elytra arc shining and 

 the punctures on the interstices arc very distinct and less fine. 



Copris Andrewesi, sp. n. 



Btatura omnino proccedenti, nigcr, opacus : napite crcbro subtiliter 

 punctulato, margiue antico solum kevi medio iu lobo obtuso pro- 

 ducts ; tboracc conf'crtim sat f'ortiter punctato ; clytris t'ortiter 

 striatis, slriis sat t'ortiter punctatis, intorstitiis bene convexis, 

 impunctatis vol obsoletissinio paree punctulatis ; pygidio fortitor 

 punctato. 



J . Capitc medio carina brevi, postico tubcrculo minuto. 

 $ ?. Capitc medio convoxo, postico tubcrculo vix elevato. 



Long. (!;{ lin. 



