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  Appendix. 
  897 
  

  

  Sub-Family 
  COPKIN^. 
  

  

  SCAKAB^EINI. 
  

  

  Gen. 
  SCAEAB^US 
  Lin. 
  

  

  Scababzeus 
  canaliculatus, 
  Fairm., 
  p. 
  56. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  been 
  able, 
  through 
  Mons. 
  Fairmaire's 
  courtesy, 
  to 
  examine 
  

   the 
  type 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  Its 
  nearest 
  ally 
  is 
  S. 
  flavicornis, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  

   twice 
  as 
  large, 
  and 
  the 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  legs 
  is 
  fulvous 
  brown 
  ; 
  the 
  

   punctures 
  on 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  disk 
  are 
  equally 
  deep 
  but 
  more 
  closely 
  

   set, 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  are 
  more 
  scabrose, 
  the 
  

   smooth 
  median 
  longitudinal 
  line 
  is 
  less 
  regular 
  ; 
  the 
  costae 
  of 
  the 
  

   •elytra 
  are 
  still 
  sharper 
  and 
  more 
  raised 
  than 
  in 
  S. 
  flavicornis, 
  and 
  are 
  

   not 
  punctulate. 
  

  

  Gen. 
  SISYPHUS, 
  Latr., 
  p. 
  98. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  been 
  able, 
  through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  the 
  authorities 
  of 
  the 
  

   Genova 
  Museum, 
  to 
  examine 
  some 
  of 
  Gory's 
  types 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  that 
  Institution, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  this 
  examination 
  I 
  

   have 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  conclusions 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Sisyphus 
  appendiculatus, 
  Bohem., 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  as 
  S. 
  quadri- 
  

   collis 
  and 
  S. 
  hessi, 
  Gory, 
  as 
  stated 
  by 
  me, 
  p. 
  103. 
  

  

  Sisyphus 
  crispatus, 
  Gory, 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  as 
  S. 
  hirtus, 
  Gory. 
  

   The 
  name 
  of 
  S. 
  goryi, 
  proposed 
  by 
  Harold 
  as 
  a 
  substitute 
  for 
  

   S. 
  hirtus, 
  this 
  name 
  having 
  been 
  already 
  used 
  for 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  

   genus, 
  must 
  therefore 
  be 
  dropped, 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  S. 
  crispatus 
  retained. 
  

  

  Sisyphus 
  spinipes, 
  Gory 
  (? 
  = 
  $. 
  spinipes, 
  Thunb., 
  teste 
  Harold), 
  is 
  

   a 
  very 
  different 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  one 
  I 
  described 
  under 
  that 
  name, 
  

   and 
  which 
  I 
  now 
  take 
  to 
  be, 
  perhaps 
  wrongly, 
  S. 
  rugosus, 
  Gory, 
  but 
  

   the 
  type 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  no 
  longer 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  

  

  Sisyphus 
  capensis, 
  Gory, 
  Monogr., 
  p. 
  12, 
  pi. 
  i., 
  fig. 
  8 
  is 
  no 
  longer 
  

   in 
  the 
  Gory 
  Collection. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  identify 
  the 
  species. 
  

  

  Sisyphus 
  spinipes, 
  Gor., 
  

   Monogr., 
  1833, 
  p. 
  8, 
  pi. 
  i., 
  fig. 
  4. 
  

   ? 
  S. 
  spinipes, 
  Thunb., 
  Mem. 
  Ac. 
  Petr., 
  vi., 
  1818, 
  p. 
  411. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  sections 
  A 
  2 
  and 
  B 
  2 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  

   (vide 
  p. 
  100). 
  The 
  shape 
  and 
  colour 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  S. 
  quadricollis, 
  

   the 
  vestiture 
  is 
  the 
  same, 
  but 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  and 
  

   posterior 
  legs 
  is 
  different 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  are 
  bi-dentate 
  under- 
  

   neath, 
  the 
  intermediate 
  femora 
  are 
  plainly 
  scooped 
  underneath 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apical 
  part, 
  and 
  between 
  this 
  incision 
  and 
  the 
  knee 
  

  

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