. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 292 263, Eophileurus chinensis. Phileurus chinensis, Fald.* Mem. Ac. St. Petersh. ii, 183o, p. 370, pi. 4, fig. 4. Trionychus chinensis, Fairm.,Ann. Soc. Ent. Ffance,\9QS, p. 385. Trionychus poteli, Fairm.,* Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1898, p. 384. Shining black, with the raetasternum thickly clothed with reddish hairs. T]iq pronotum is depressed in the middle in both sexes, the scutellum rugosely punctured, and the ehjtra striated, with close, irregular, annular punctures in the striae. The meta- sternum is densely rugose except in the middle
. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 292 263, Eophileurus chinensis. Phileurus chinensis, Fald.* Mem. Ac. St. Petersh. ii, 183o, p. 370, pi. 4, fig. 4. Trionychus chinensis, Fairm.,Ann. Soc. Ent. Ffance,\9QS, p. 385. Trionychus poteli, Fairm.,* Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1898, p. 384. Shining black, with the raetasternum thickly clothed with reddish hairs. T]iq pronotum is depressed in the middle in both sexes, the scutellum rugosely punctured, and the ehjtra striated, with close, irregular, annular punctures in the striae. The meta- sternum is densely rugose except in the middle, where it is punc- tured, and the abdomen is coarsely punctured. (S. The head is armed with a slender horn, behind which it is smooth, and the pronotum has a large excavation extending from the front to near the hind margin, almost circular in large specimens and elongate in minor ones. The cavity is rugose and the rest of the surface moderately punctured. The pygidium is very convex and smooth and shining, except at the base and in the lateral angles. The inner cla\\' of the front tarsus is very broad and widely Fi"'. 67.—Eophileurus chinensis, male, and anterior pai't of male (a) and female {b). 2 . The head is rugose and has a short sharp tubercle in the middle. The pronotum is coarsely punctured all over and has a narrow longitudinal channel in the middle, extending almost from front to hind margin. The pygidium is rugose, not prominent, and thinly clothed with erect hairs. Length 20-2-4 mm. ; breadth 10-12 mm. Bhutan ; Burma : Ruby Mines ; China ; Japan. Type in coll. K. Obertluir, also that oi poteli. Mr. George Lewis states that this beetle is found concealed beneath wood, tiles, etc., upon the ground near refuse-heaps, in which no doubt the larvae Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble th
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