LUCANID.®, SCARABiEID^. 281 
Msalides. 
The 2 of Ceratognathus westwoodii (Thoms.), from Melbourne, is recorded 
by Parry, 1. c. 
Nicagus {Ochodceus) ohscurus (Lee.), having slightly movable leaflets to 
its clava, is considered to agree with certain Australian spp. of Ceratognathus. 
It has hitherto been placed in the ScarabceidcO) near Trox : Parry, Proc. E. 
Soc. 1870, p. iii. Westwood, ibid. p. ix, considers Leconte’s species not 
referable to any of the Lucanoid families. 
Ceratognathus ahdominaliSy sp. n., Parry, 1. c., Moreton Bay. 
Sim dendr ides. 
Sinodendrum americanunij Palisot, = (L.) : Parry, l.c. p. 100. 
SCARABAJIDAJ. 
Coprides. 
Vhanmts minos, Ji,x.,^mdcagriSf Blanch. ; Onthophagus truncaticornis (Boh. 
nee Schall.) is named trucidatus : v. Harold, 0. II. vi. pp. 105 & 100. 
Copris longiceps, — Pinotus eremita^ v. Har. : v. II., ibid. p. 131. 
V. Harold (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s^r. ix. p. 493 et seq.) describes several 
new Mexican species of Coprides from Sall«5’s collection, redescribing others, 
with fresh localities and corrections. — Copris incertus, Say, is substantiated 
by its male being described. 
Pinotus colonicus (v. Har. nee Say) is renamed eremita (?? = Copris 
cemosuSf Er.) j P. bituberculatus cf, v. IT., = co/omcMS, Say: v, Harold, l.c. 
p. 600. 
The cf of Ontherus mexicahus, v. Har., is described by v. Har. l.c. p. 603. 
Eurysternus marmorexis, Castoln., includes 2 spp., one from Colombia, the 
other from Mexico ; the former is accepted as the type, and is redescribed ; v. 
Har. 1. c. p. 606. 
There are no claws to 4 hinder tarsi of Gromphas, as Lacordaire states : 
II. W. Bates, Tr. E. Soc. 1870, p. 176. 
Ofiitis nicanor (Lee. nee Fab.), stated to be froniN. Carolina, =/ossor. Boh., 
a S. W. African sp. : Salle (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s6\ ix. p. 601, note). 
Baudi (B. E. Z. xiv. p. 05) notes Onthophagus tages (01.), var. consorsy 
Reiche, and vars. of 0. taurus (L.). 
Oruscatus, g. n., H. W. Bates, Tr. E. Soc. 1870, p. 174. Allied to Phanmis ; 
club of ant. not funnel-shaped ; ant. legs with no tarsi, with 4-dentate tibiae, 
in cf very long ; interm, tibiae straight externally, dentate. — Sp. O. davus 
(Er., Phanceus) ; O. opalescensy sp. n.. Bates, 1. c. p. 174, Equador. 
New species : — 
Beltochilum. II. W. Bates, 1. c., describes the following new spp. : — I), 
tessellatum, p. 176, Gualaquiza, Ecuador ; calcaratum, p. 176, Bahia ; harhipes 
and aspcricollcy p. 177, femorale and fuscocupreunxy p. 178, granulatum and 
Q-tuberculatum, p. 179, leetiusculum, p. 180, Amazons. 
TJroxys leevipennis, Kirsch, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 355, Bogota. 
Ontherus hrevieollis, Kirsch, 1. c. p. 356, Bogota; O. aztecuy v. Har., Ann. 
Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® ser. ix. p. 603, Mexico. 
Eurysternus claudicans, Kirsch, 1. c. p. 360, and E. nebulosus, Kirsch, 1. c. 
1870. [voL. VII.] u 
