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Show 24 MR. c. v. A. PEEL AND OTHERS ON [Jan. 23, COPRIS HARRISI Waterh. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) vii. p. 515 (1891). Two female specimens of this insect, described from Abyssinia, were found at Whardi Datal (July 26, 1895). ONTHOPHAGUS GERSTAECKERI Har. A single specimen was brought from Central or East Somaliland (1897). ONTHOPHAGUS GAZELLA Fabr. One example (1895 or 1897). This insect occurs throughout Africa and even extends to Madagascar. ONTHOPHAGUS sp. A single female of another small species, probably new (1895 or 1897). SCHIZONYCHA SQUAMOSA Eaffray. Three specimens (1895 or 1897). This species appears to be common in Somaliland, having occurred in several collections from that country. SCHIZONYCHA NIGROPUSCA Arrow, sp. n. Ovato-cylindrica, fere nigra, antennis pallidioribus, pectore fkivo-hirto ; clypeo cequaliter punctato, margine arcuato vix sinuato fortiter refiexo, fronte acute bicarinata, vertice spatioque post carinam anteriorem leevibus ; prothorace antice et postice valde contracto, grosse et confiuenter punctato, punctis squamiferis, lateribus crenatis etpiliferis, ante marginemposteriorem utrinque elevato et Icevigato ; scutello fere leevi punctis nonnullis grossis sidcaque obsolete mediana ; elytris cum pygidio dense sat grosse punctatis, punctis squamas setiformes vix perspicuas ferent-ibus ; tibiis anticis tridentatis, dente superioreparvo. Long. 18- 19 mm. 2 • Type in British Museum, co-type in the Hope Coll., Oxford. Two specimens, both females (1895 or 1897). This insect is readily distinguishable from the majority of its congeners by its dark colour. It has some resemblance to the common W . African S. crenata, but the prothorax is relatively much smaller. Single specimens of two other apparently new species were found (1895 or 1897), but in view of the large number of closely related forms described, it seems advisable to leave them for the present unnamed. ANOMALA, sp. n. Two specimens, d and 2 > were collected (1895 or 1897), exhibiting a difference in the structure of the claws, and probably allied to A. transvalensis Arrow. As the anterior tarsi of the male |