898 THE INSECTS OF THE VICINITY OF KING’s SOUND, 
109. Temnoplectron occidentale, n.sp. 
Round, very convex, black, nitid. Head finely and densely 
punctate, sex-dentate in front, the inner pair largest, the outer 
very small, the sides rounded. Thorax transverse, minutely punc- 
tate, a little emarginate in front, wider and broadly rounded at 
the base, fitting close to the base of the elytra. Elytra emarginate 
at the base, the humeral angles sub-acute, the sides and apex 
much rounded, very finely striate-punctate, with the interstices 
smooth and fiat. The tibise are much curved, the posterior ones 
with a long acute spine on the inner apex. 
Long. 2^, lat. 2 lines. 
110. Temnoplectron lucidum, n.sp. 
Smaller and more globular than the last species, more nitid, and 
generally more minutely punctate, the six dentations of the clypeus 
are a little larger, the minute striations of the elytra are more 
eflfaced, the punctures almost obsolete, the spur of the hind tibia? 
acute and a little curved. 
Long. 2, lat. 1|^ lines. 
111. Temnoplectron PYGMiEUM, n.sp. 
Very minute, globular, black, nitid. Head smooth, acutely 
bidentate with a small semi-circular emargination between. 
Thorax transverse, much wider than the head, the anterior angles 
acutely produced, the disk very minutely punctate. Elytra very 
faintly striate, the interstices nearly flat. Hind tibiae slightly 
curved and flattened, spur very short. 
Long. 1, lat. 5 lines. 
112. Onthophagus atrox, Harold. 
Mast. Cat. Col. Sp. 2025. 
113. Onthophagus nodulifer, Harold. 
Mast. Cat. Col. Sp. 2058. 
