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the major part arc from New Holland and the East 

 Indies. 



Sp. 10. Stercorarim. — Latreille has asserted that 

 the genus Geotrupes, to which this species belongs, 

 is not found in the East Indies. I have received a 

 singular and beautiful species from Madras ; a 

 second is found on the Himalaya, and the most 

 magnificent of all the species inhabits Japan. If I 

 am not mistaken there are two, if not three species 

 in the Leyden cabinet from the latter locality. 



Sp. 14. Cordatus. — I have ranged this insect for 

 the present as a Geotrupes — it has never fallen 

 under my inspection. It is not unlikely that as 

 Guadaloupe is the extreme range to which Geo- 

 trupes extends, Cordatus will be found to diverge 

 from the type of the Genus. 



4. Onitis. 



Sp. 6. Apelles. — This Insect appears to recede 

 from the true type of Onitis. The female of this spe- 

 cies has the anterior tibiae provided with tarsi ; the 

 tibiae of the male are armed internally with a spine, 

 and between the spine and the apex there are denti- 

 culations. 



Sp. 8. Jasias. — According to Mr. MacLeay the 

 insects denominated Jasius, by Olivier and Fabri- 



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