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Onthophagus Erichsoni. Niger, capite fere trigono, tuberculo utrin- 

 que ante oculos posit o ; thorace antice valde excavato, postice 

 convexo cornu medio lato antrorsum extenso ; elytris striato-punc- 

 tatis, pedibus, funiculoque antennarum piceis, capitulo flavescente ; 

 pedum anteriorum tibiis 3-dentatis, tarsis aurantiis capillis ob- 

 sitis. Long. lin. 4±, lat. lin. 2£. 

 This insect will at some future time be considered as the type of 

 a distinct genus. 



Onthophagus picipennis, Hope. Piceus, thorace trigono, capite 

 ante oculos furcato, thorace antrorsum lined elevatd conspicuo, 

 punctulato ; elytris nigris nitidis, corpore infra concolori, pedibus 

 rubro-piceis. Long. lin. 4£, lat. lin. 2. 

 This species I have formerly received from Melville Island, and it 

 is evidently the same as that taken at Port Essington. 



Onthophagus glabratus, Hope. Niger, capite integro, parum exca- 

 vato et subrugoso ; thorace Icevi sub lente subtilissime punctato, 

 elytris striato-punctatis, corpore infra nigro, antennis tibiis tarsis- 

 que piceis et rufo-ciliatis. Long. lin. 5, lat. lin. 2^. 

 This species varies greatly in magnitude and in colouring : several 

 specimens are evidently immature. 



Onthophagus discolor. Viridi-ceneus clavd antennarum flavescenti, 

 capite integro antice excavato, postice convexo, lineis binis ele- 

 vatis transversis, und media, altera inter oculos positd ; thorace 

 viridi, nitido sub lente punctulato ; elytris atro-viridibus, striato- 

 punctatis, punctis fortiter impressis, corpore infra, concolori. 

 Long. lin. 3, lat. lin. 1 \. 

 The above species of Onthophagus are all from Port Essington ; 

 and I may here mention that there are in my collection twenty-four 

 species from other parts of New Holland which have hitherto re- 

 mained undescribed. 



Tessarodon piceum, Hope. Affine Scarabseo Novae Hollandiae, Fab. 

 Piceum, capite bituberculato, thorace inermi punctulato elytrisque 

 striato-punctatis et subscabrosis ; corpore infra, rufo-piceo, pedi- 

 bus ciliatis. Long. lin. 2^, lat. lin. 1^. 

 This appears to be an insect closely allied to the Novce Hollandice 

 of Fabricius, from which it differs in several points. 



Copris glabricollis, Hope. Niger, capite fere trigono, parum emar- 

 ginato vix subrugoso, thorace Icevi nitido, postice lined transversa 

 punctorum satis notato, elytris striato-punctatis, punctis fortiter 

 impressis : corpore infra nigro capitulo antennarum flavescente, 

 funiculo autem et tibiis rufo-ciliatis. Long. lin. 5, lat. lin. 2^. 

 True Copris in New Holland are rare ; from Melville Island I pos- 

 ses 3 three species, which I have named steriocerus, corniger and insu- 

 laris. The insect described above is an additional one. They are 

 all remarkable for having the punctures apparent on each side of 

 the elytra, and therefore are closely allied to several of the African 

 Copridce, such as C. Orion of De Jean, and also to Copris Bengal- 

 ensis of Hope. 



Msechidius rufus, Hope. Rufus, capite parum emarginato subre* 

 flexo, thorace fere semicirculari, lateribus extrorsum convexis, an- 



