^Oa A N At V Sis. 



wanting the elevated dorsal line, and having the elevated 

 points of the elytra irregular, so as to give the striae the 

 appearance of being waved. From 5. morbillosus they 

 may easily be distinguished by their anterior tibiae being 

 more distinctly quadri dentate. 



S. intricalus and Palcemon both come very near to 

 Gymnopleuriis in marking and form, in vestige of sinuation 

 in Pal&mon, and of impressed points on each side of the 

 thorax of intricatus. 



puncticollis. 12. SCARAB^US atronitidus glaberrimus, capite antice scabro 



postice laevi convexo, thorace punctis minutis rarissimis 



antice impressis, elytris vix striatis. 



/SVAR.fS. thorace punctis duobusdorsalibus vix impresso. Mus.Brit. 



Ateuchus puncticollis. Lat. Mem, sur les Lis. Sac. d'Egypte. 



p. 7. t. 18. fig. 14. 

 Habitat in regione Tripolitana. D. Ritchie. Mus, Brit. 



This species approaches excessively close to the Spanish 

 %^arietyof S.pius before described. The rectangular shape 

 of the abdomen distinguishes this at first sight from S. se- 

 mipunctaius, Avhich has it rather circular. 



Species qua Scarabasum Bonellii affinitate attingunt. 



Spencii. 13. SCARABi'EUS atronitidus, capitis lineis duabus curvis antror- 



sum in vertice concurrentibus, thorace tuberculis scabrius- 

 culo, elytronim striis sub lente vittjeformibus. 

 /3 VaR. S. rufus. 



Habitat . Mus. Brit. 



Hac Species Monographic de Cholevis acufissimo auctori dicatur. 



Degeeri. 14. SCARABTEUS atronitidus, capite postice punctato : medio tu- 



berculato lineaque transversa elevata mucronata, thorace 

 antice tuberculis scabro, elytrorum striis inconspicuis. 



Habitat . 



In memoriam Entomologorum principis. 



