bv h. j. Carter. 1 4 7 



post-coxse without any triangular depression; femora swollen, 

 tibiae without external spines. Facies above very similar to 

 Pctforus, but slightly Hatter, with the anterior angles more 

 rounded, and widely differing in the antennae, the position of the 

 coxae, and the swollen femora. 



Uloma (Acthosus) pygmcea Cart. — Having recently received, 

 through the courtesy of Mr, G. C. Champion, specimens of four 

 species of Palorus, namely, P. austrinus Champ., P. depressus ¥., 

 P subdepressus Woll., and P. Ratzeburgi Wissin , I find that 

 U. pygmcea is congeneric with these. More robust than P. aus- 

 trinus, its pronotal and elytra] punctures are finer, with the 

 punctures on the medial elytral interstices irregular (not seriate). 

 The proportions of the antenna! joints are very similar. The 

 name is very unfortunate, since while being a pigmy amongst 

 Uloma, it is larger than either of the four species of Palorus 

 under examination. It must now stand as Palorus pygmceus 

 Cart. 



P. Ratzeburgi Wissm. — Three specimens in my cabinet from 

 Sydney (Mr. DuBoulay and myself), and two from Cairns (A. 

 M. Lea) are identical with this cosmopolitan grain pest. [The 

 distinctions between the species of Palorus have been very 

 thoroughly treated by Champion (Ent. Mo. Mag., 2nd Ser., Vol. 

 vii., Feb. 1896)]. 



M ICROCILIB E, n.g. Ulominarum. 

 Elongate-ovate, convexity as in Palorus, antennas with apical 

 three joints abruptly enlarged— 9 cupuliform, 10 rhomboida], 11 



ovate and largest — tibiae without spines on external edge; elytra 

 seriate-punctate: rest as in Uloma. 



MlCROCILIBE CASTANEUM, 11. Sp, 



Nitid castaneous above and below, legs pale yellow. 



Head coarsely, not closely punctate, epistoma rounded in front, 

 an ten me rather short, eyes small and round. Prothorax sub- 

 truncate at apex, truncate at base, the former slightly produced 

 forward in the middle, sides subarcuately converging from base 

 10 apex (front half more strongly narrowing than basal half), 



