NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF SCARAB^ID^. 101 



of the middle and hind tibiae, together with the bulging 

 upon the pygidium, point towards Oryctes, and the rounded 

 form of the club of the antennse also favors Oryctes, though 

 it matches Pentodon in that character very much better and 

 it agrees with none in its unarmed galea. 



ANOPLOGNATHO gen nov. 



Form oval, convex; dorsum gently rounded; under wings well developed. 

 Clj'peus triangular, with sides slightly emarginate, apex 

 rounded and ciirving upwards; in fresh unworn examples 

 the margin is continuous, and meets a depression on either 

 end of the sutural line; this transverse line rises towards 

 the center, but the center itself is slightly depressed. 



Antennae nine-jointed, the basal joint very large, equal to 

 all the joints of the funiele; the fifth and sixth joints being 

 connate, makes this truly a nine- jointed species. 

 Labrum membranous, covered with stiff hairs. 



Mandibles much produced, not toothed externally, but 

 with a slight emargination. 



Maxilhe much flattened and widening from the middle 

 to the front edge, the inner angle is sharply defined and 

 with a projecting joint, the outer angle much rounded; the 

 under surface has stiff bristly hairs pointing forwards. 



Maxillary palpi foiir-joiuted; the first joint narrow, the 

 second and third about equal, and the fourth nearly as 

 large as the second and third combined. 

 Labium bilobed, with well roiauded margins. 



Mentum connate with the several adjoining parts, the 

 labial palpi appearing at the sides, they are three jointed, 

 the first joint being shorter than the second and the third 

 eqnal to both. 



Prothorax shining black, wider than long and narrower in 

 front, front margin reci^rved, smooth, side margins slightly 

 reticulated and reflexed, but becoming flattened before 

 reaching the hind angles; hind margin well developed from 

 the angles by an impressed line, which dying out before reaching the center 

 the margin is continued by coarse puncturings only. 



Elytra? elongate-oval wider towards the apex, evenly rounded on top, 

 falling to the sides in a gentle curve. 



Anterior coxae large, with the trochanter oval in oiitliue, the outer end fit- 

 ting into an emargination of the epimera. 



Middle coxae nearly the size of the former, of irregular form, with the 



