306 Appendix to the Proceedings 



narrowed in front more than in any other species, and its form 

 is deeper. 



1. 0. gigas, Schiodte in Kroyer Naturhist. Tidsk. ser. 2. ii. 

 p. 350. tab. 4. 



Grandis, niger, nitidus ; eapite foveis duabus elongatis postice 

 convergentibus, fronte impresso, postice lateribus sparsirn 

 punctato, vertice impunctato; mandibulis fortiter dentatis, 

 supra bicarinatis, eapite longioribus; thorace antice angus- 

 tato, marginato, linea punctorum ad marginem et pluribus ad 

 angulos anteriores impresso, margine exciso ante medium ; 

 elytris parallelis, substriatis, interstitio secundo, quarto et 

 sexto sparsirn et irregulariter, leviter sed distincte punctatis ; 

 crinibus ferrugineis sat longis ex punctis, tam eapite quam 

 thorace et elytris orientibus; subtus minus nitidus; tarsis 

 robustis, articulo ultimo elongato. 



Long. 24 lin., lat. 7 lin. 



Scarites, Fabr. 



1st Division of Dej. Intermediate tibia, with two prominent 

 external spines. 



1. S. Hercules, mihi. PI. XVI. fig. 4. 



Niger, subdepressus ; mandibulis magnis, fere usque ad apicem 

 dentatis, thorace longioribus ; mento valde concavo, cum dua- 

 bus foveis profundis et rotundis in medio ad basin ; thorace 

 transverso, duplo latiore quam longiore: elytris elongatis, 

 thorace triplo longioribus, subquadratis, subparallelis, mar- 

 ginatis, pone medium paulo dilatatis, carina basali, dente 

 humerali, et carina longitudinali ex humeris orienti paratis, 

 subtiliter punctato-striatis, ad basin et lateribus papillosis; 

 tibiis anticis tridentatis, postice haud denticulatis. 



Long. 23-20 lin., lat. 61-5 \ lin. 



A fine large species. Black and shining. The head and 

 mandibles broad and massive, but varying in size; mandibles 

 longer than the thorax, bicarinated on the exterior side, declive 

 at the tip, dentated interiorly almost to the tip, the teeth con- 

 sisting of one or two larger ones at the base, and three or four 

 smaller ones before, them ; antennas black or piceous, the 

 basal joints rounded and shining, the rest flattened and pubes- 

 cent, with a broad polished line running along them both above 

 and below ; head smooth, with two deep longitudinal foveas 

 turning away in front nearly at right angles towards the an- 

 tennas ; wrinkles more or less distinct radiate from these depres- 



