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Scarites is also found in Australia, and I believe the 
number of species will be soon found to equal in quantity 
those of India or tropical Africa. ? 
The Clivinide are also very numerous, but a learned 
entomologist, Mr. Putzeis, is perhaps, by his long study of 
them, alone able to make them well known; and I have 
sent him my collection of these insects. 
SCARAPHITES. 
This form has been separated from Carenwm by West- 
wood, and lately Mr. Macleay, jun. (Trans. Ent. Soc. of 
New South Wales”) has proposed to divide it in two, leaving 
under it the sorts having their elytra rounded at the base, and 
giving the name of Hwryscaphus to those which have those 
parts broadly emarginated. This character would in no case 
be generic, even if it was constant ; but the following sort 
forms an insensible passage between the two, and so all that 
can be done at the utmost is to form two sections in the 
genus. 
Scaruphites Heros: length 20’; of a rather glossy black ; 
head square, with the subocular prominences large and pro- 
jecting ; the back part of the head is smooth, but the ante- 
rior partis covered with longitudinal little striole ; there 
is a transverse impression forward, and two transverse ones 
between the eyes; thorax large, broad, marginated, rounded 
behind, and rather sinuous at its posterior angles ; the ante- 
rior angles are advanced and rounded, and the anterior 
margin rather sinuous; on the whole the thorax has the 
form of a half moon ; it has a strong longitudinal sulcate in 
the middle, a rather faint transverse impression backwards, 
and two others rounded towards the posterior angles ; on its 
posterior part it is marked with short transverse striole ; 
elytra large, rather depressed, oval, broader than the thorax, 
rounded at the humeral angles, subtruncated at the base ; 
their surface is marked by very feeble longitudinal strize ; a 
row of points border the margin, and a series of stronger but 
distant ones follow the entire length of the elytra at some 
distance from the latter ; on the posterior part of the elytra 
there is also a short longitudinal line of four points at no 
great distance from the sutura. The anterior tibie have a 
line of very strong points, and their exterior margin pre- 
sents three strong teeth. 
This beautiful insect was found by Dr. Martin at Champion 
Bay, West Australia. 
