Abstract: Recently, Drs. Averianov and Lopatin kindly informed that the generic name Neoryctes Tong (1997) for an Eocene Palaeoryctid of central China was preoccupied by a South American scarabaeid (Insecta, Coleoptera) (Arrow, 1908). The scarabaeid genus, Neoryctes, was later considered as a synonym of Neobothynus in Arrow’s coleopterous catalogue, so that the name is abandoned in the recent coleopterous literatures. Here I propose the new generic name Nuryctes to replace Neoryctes Tong (1997). Drs. Averianov and Lopatin of the Russian Academy of Sciences are thanked for their kind concern and suggestion, and thanks are also due to Prof. Zhang Youwei of the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences for his help.

摘要： 最近, Averianov 和 Lopatin 博士来信 ,告知童永生 (1997) 建立的 Neoryctes 属名已被 Arrow(1908) 首先使用于昆虫纲鞘翅目(Coleoptera) 。Arrow(1908) 创立 Neoryctes 属名 ,以代 替 Waterhouse 为南美的一种鞘翅类建立的属名 Oryctes 。但后来 ,他在 1937 年总结鞘翅目 金龟科(Scarabaeidae) 时 ,认为 Neoryctes 是 Neobothynus 的同义名。因此 ,在现代昆虫文献中 已