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.