130 Notes on Australian Coleoptera. 
Scaraphites Howitt: length 184’; of a shiny black ; 
head square, with subocular advances moderately pro- 
minent ; two deep longitudinal impressions between the 
eyes, diverging in front toward the anterior angles: on the 
space left laterally between these impressions and the base 
of the labrum there is on each side a deep puncture ; the head 
is smooth with a few longitudinal striole near the impres- 
sions ; thorax of a semilunar form, transversal, with a broad 
lateral margin ; the anterior angles prominent; in front it is 
rather sinuous ; on its centre is a longitudinal sulcate, and 
a very feeble depression is seen over the posterior angles ; 
the entire surface is covered with feeble transverse striole ; 
elytra large, broader than the thorax, rounded, and convex ; 
truncated anteriorly ; covered with numerous longitudiual 
lines, the intervals of which are rather elevated ; a marginal 
line of punctures ; a line of deep points on the anterior tibie, 
and their external sides armed with three teeth, the upper 
much smaller than the lower, and surmounted by one or two 
others very minute ; the tibize and tarsi covered with brown 
hair ; the elytre have a rather purple tinge on their 
margin. 
From Port Augusta, South Australia. Dr. Howitt’s col- 
lection. ahh 
Scaraphites Afjinis : length 124’; very nearly allied to the 
precedent but smaller; thorax broader in its posterior portion, 
which is the widest ; elytra not so broad, more oval form, 
and strongly striated, particularly on their posterior parts, 
where they are distinctly punctured ; the marginal row of 
punctures only extend to the first half of the elytra. 
_ Found by Mr. A. W. Howitt at Cooper’s Creek. Dr. 
Howitt’s collection. 
Scaraphites Carbonarvus: length 15%’; of a deep black, 
with a light shiny tinge ; head large, square ; the subocular 
prominences small; between the eyes are two longitudinal 
impressions, which diverge forwards towards the anterior 
angles ; a deep point on each side between these impressions 
and the base of the labrum ; thorax transversal, marginated, 
rather semilunar, but having the posterior angles slightly - 
marked ; the anterior angles advanced; a longitudinal sul- 
cate extends on the centre, and a very slight transverse 
impression appears backwards ; faint transverse striole are 
seen on the surface of the thorax, and a few longitudinal 
ones on its anterior part ; elytra truncated at the base, oval 
form in the remaining, about as broad as the thorax at the 
