BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 329 



suberectis instructo ; rostro protliorace vix breviori ; hoc 

 confertim granuloso punctulato ; elytris minus fortiter punc- 

 tulato-striatis, interstitiis planatis. 



[Long. 2f , lat. 1 line (vix). 



The pi-othorax is about as long as wide, slightly narrower in 

 front than at the base, with the sides fairly well rounded. The 

 elytra at the base are nearly twice as wide as the base of the pro- 

 thorax and are scarcely perceptibly narrowed hind ward for two- 

 thirds of their length, and then narrow more rapidly to the apex 

 where they are conjointly rounded ; their base is very slightly 

 concave nearly all across but for a short distance on either 

 side of its concave part it runs obliquely hindward to join 

 the lateral margin, its junction with which is feebly angulate 

 rather than rounded. The pale or obscurely golden scales on the 

 surface are not at all conspicuous and are almost confined to the 

 apical third part of the elytra where they form small obscure 

 blotches. The white base and apex of the tibiae are rather con- 

 spicuous in well-marked specimens. 



I possess a second .species of this genus but as I have only a 

 single specimen somewhat abraded it seems better not to describe 

 it. 



S.A.; near Port Lincoln. 



Emplesis. 



I feel no doubt as to the correctness of my identification of 

 this genus. One of the species befoi-e me is probably E. scolopax, 

 Pasc. Besides the confirmation of generic identity furnished by 

 the identification of a described species, I find further assurance 

 in the superficial resemblance of the species before me to the 

 European Erirhinus nereis, to which Mr. Pascoe compares them. 

 The assistance of these clues is decidedly valuable, because the 

 genus appears to have little structural consistency ; thus Mr. 

 Pascoe tells us that some species diff"er from others in respect of 

 the form of the intermediate ventral segments, which would divide 

 them between two of the principal sections of M. Lacordaire's 



