. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 200 ci,ioyuyjE. extremities. Pygidiuin prominent, sharply carinate all round, with the upper and lower faces nearly flat. ^t pair of spiracles prominent. Prosternum with a strong vertical process in front of the coxae; metasternum forming a narrow carina hetween the middle coxae but not produced forward. Front tibia rather short, armed with two slight external teeth, not closely approximate: four posterior tibiae acutely digitate at the extremity and each armed with a strong spine at the middle of the outer edge. Tarsi not long, nor closely articu
. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 200 ci,ioyuyjE. extremities. Pygidiuin prominent, sharply carinate all round, with the upper and lower faces nearly flat. ^t pair of spiracles prominent. Prosternum with a strong vertical process in front of the coxae; metasternum forming a narrow carina hetween the middle coxae but not produced forward. Front tibia rather short, armed with two slight external teeth, not closely approximate: four posterior tibiae acutely digitate at the extremity and each armed with a strong spine at the middle of the outer edge. Tarsi not long, nor closely articulated. Basal joint of antenna not very large. Mentum large, rather smooth and nearly flat. The following species is only the second assigned to the genus. 178. Platysodes jansoni, sp. n. Jet-black, very smooth and shining. The body is flat and long, tapering slightly behind. The Jiead is broad, with the eyes not very large or prominent, aud the chipeus short, rounded at the sides and straight at the front margin, which is distinctly reflexed. There are two shallow, punctured depressions between the antennal orbits. Thepronotum is half as broad again as it is long, strongly rounded at the sides, with the posterior angles obliterated and the base distinctly excised before the scutellum. The elytra are rather broader at the shoulders than the prothorax, gently sinuated at the lateral margins and roundly narrowed to their extremities. There is a narrow depression at the anterior part of the suture, the latter is bordered on each side by a deep stria, and there is a very strong lateral furrow on each elytron, not reaching the front or hind margin. The intervening space is smooth and bears only a few very minute punctures. The pyijidium is almost semi- circular in shape and has a strong carina all round, which divides it into nearly equal dorsal and ventral faces. These are thinly and rather minutely punctured and the dorsal surface is opaque and gently carinate longitudinally in the
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