BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 475 



Elgner) and New South Wales (Manilla and Wellington ; 

 W. W. Froggatt). Mr. Froggatt informs me that the Wel- 

 lington specimens were taken fioni wheat-grains. Monsieur 

 Lesne (to whom I am indebted for the identification) records 

 it as eating biscuits, etc. 



Family TENEBRIONIDyE. 

 Typiiluloma, n.g. 



Head wide, sides dilated to in front of middle. Eyes 

 absent. Mandibles short, acutely notched near apex. An- 

 tennre short, most of the joints strongly transverse. Palpi 

 short. Prothornx subquadrate. Scutellum minute. Elytra 

 parallel-sided to near apex ; epipleiirae rather wide at the 

 base. Metosternum moderately long, episterna moderately 

 wide. Legs short and stout ; tibiae bispinose at apex, the front 

 pair strongly dentate externally. 



The species described below has a strong general appear- 

 ance as of a small AchtJwsiJS, or as if belonging to Uloma or 

 Ulomoides, but is readily distinguished from all of the Ulo- 

 mides by the absence of eyes. In catalogues, it should be 

 placed near Uloma. It is by far the largest blind species as 

 yet recorded from Australia, and the only one from Queens- 

 land, although it is practically certain that Rodicny'm occurs 

 there, and probably Illa'phanus as well. 



Typhluloma inops, n.sp. (Plate xvii., fig. 9). 



Oblong-elliptic, subdepressed. Reddish-castaneous. Glab- 

 rous, except for appendages. 



Head about once and one-half as wide as long ; clypeal 

 suture very feeble posteriorly ; with numerous rather small 

 but clearly defined punctures. Antennae inserted under the 

 slightly overhanging sides ; first joint rather short ; second 

 moderately, all the others strongly transverse ; second to 

 sixth slightly increasing in width at apex ; seventh to ninth 

 much more so ; tenth slightly wider than ninth ; eleventh 



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