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Maxilla 2-dentatse dente exteriori subobtuso 

 interiori bifido subtus hirsutse. 



Palpi maxillares 4-articulati articulo l mo brevis- 

 simo, 2 d0 triplo longiori cylindrico, 3 ti0 obconico, 

 extimo elongato ovato. 



Mentum suboblongum antice paullo angustius 

 emarginatum. 



Palpi labiales 3-articulati duobus primis articulis 

 subtrigonis, 3 ti0 ovato apice conico. 



Corpus crassum. 



Thorax muticus antice parum retusus. 



Femora bina antica complanata, posteriora qua- 

 tuor multo incrassata inflata. 



Tibice posticae latse 2-carinatse, apice calcaribus 

 duobus foliaceis instructs. 



Tarsi breves hirsuti, l rao articulo reliquis latiori. 



This singular insect was originally named G. re- 

 tusus by Fabricius ; it was re-described by Palisot 

 Beauvois under the name of Scarabseus Diana, from 

 the kingdom of Oware in Africa. He appears to 

 have confounded it with Geotrupes Coronatus Fab. 

 which occurs in Java, and is a distinct species, 

 although belonging to the same genus. Callicnemis 

 Latreillii of Laporte seems to be distantly related 

 to Temnorhynchus. I am enabled to add two un- 



