BY THE REV, T. BLACKBURN. 777 



follows, — prothorax strongly cordate and much narrower at the 

 base than the base of the elytra ; elytra without a vestige of either 

 an abbreviated scutellar stria or a setiferous puncture on the 3rd 

 interstice. The combination of charactei's mentioned above as 

 agreeing with Diaphoromerus will separate this species from 

 Anisodactylus, Gnathaphanus, Haplaner, Eypharpax, Lecanoviei'us, 

 Thetiarotes, and Notophilus. Of the other genera of Anisodactylides 

 attributed to Australia, Geob(enus (founded on an African insect) 

 is probably an incorrect determination, but if correct Geobcenus 

 has the intermediate tarsi of the male simple, — in any case the 

 species (G. Austixdasice ) is quite difierent from that I am describing ; 

 Mirosarus, Bates (1878), appears to be only another name for 

 some or all of the species which de Chaudoir in the same year 

 referred to Gnathaphanus. 



Diaphoromerus victoriensis, sp.nov, 



(J Niger ) antennis (apicem versus parum infuscatis), palpis, 

 pedibusque testaceis ; nonnullis exemplis capite pi'o thoracis 

 elytrorumque marginibus, et horum epipleuris, plus minus 

 dilatioribus ; antennis robustis corporis dimidio vix brevi- 

 oribus, prothorace cordato quam longiori vix dimidio latiori, 

 canaliculato, postice utrinque longitudinaliter impresso, parte 

 basali punctulata, angulis posticis acute rectis ; elytris fortiter 

 striatis, striis marginem apicemque versus haud obsoletis, 

 interstitiis minus convexis, interstitio 3° puncturam setiferam 

 haud ferenti, stria abbreviata scutellari nulla. 



2 latet. [I^o^g- ^> l^*' If lines. 



Mountains of Victoria. 



Hypharpax vilis, sp.nov. 



Sat elongatus ; sat parallelus ; piceus vel brunneus, plus minus 

 seneo- vel viridi-micans, mandibulis (apice excepto) labroque 

 plus minus rufis, palpis antennis (his nonnullis exemplis 

 apicem versus fuscescentibus) elytrorum epipleuris et (non- 

 nullis exemplis) prothoracis elytrorumque margine tenui 



