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rounded in middle and sinuate behind, base with medial lobe subanj^ilate, posterior 

 angles widely acute (about 80°) ; disc with medial furrow strongly impressed, ter- 

 minating in a wide depression near base, sparsely punctate with larsje and deep gem- 

 mate foveae near posterior sides. Scutellum invisible from above. Elytra slightly 

 wider than prothorax at base, and thrice as long, gently sinuate at sides and 

 slightly widened behind middle, thence narrowed to apex — each apex strongly 

 bideutate, the interior tooth longer; posterior sides entire; disc striate-punctate, 

 the punctures large on basal third, thence smaller and almost evanescent at apex; 

 prosteruum and apical segment of abdomen coarsely, the rest of underside finely 

 and sparsely punctate ; fore-tibiae curved. Dimensions : c?- 18 X 6, S. 21 x 7 mm. 

 Ilab. — Johnstone River, Queensland (Mr. H. W. Brown.) 

 A pair of this fine species, sent for identification from the South Australian 

 INIuseum, are the only examples I have seen. 



Types in the South Australian Museum. 



Stigmodera aeneicornis Saund. 



Specimens frim N.W. Victoria (Hattah, Sea Lake, etc.), are so labelled in 

 the National Museum, Melbourne, and exactly correspond with the description and 

 figure. The name is of no value for purposes of identification. 



Family TENEBRIONIDAE. 



Through the helpful co-operation of Mr. K. G. Blair, of the British Museum, 

 and by the specimens compared with type, sent for inspection, I am now able to 

 correct mistakes of identification and to indicate further synonymy. Mr. Blair's 

 notes have further led me to a close re-examination of the species belonging to 

 the closely allied g-enera Daedrosis, Licinoma, Brycopia and their allies, and this 

 necessitates a considerable modification of the tabulations published by me.* 



Caedius. C. sphaeroides Hope = C. tuberculatus Cart. 



This beach-dweller is found on both the East and West coasts of Australia. 

 I was misled by a comparison between fresh and abraded specimens. 



Hyocis. The species of this genus, though commonly found at the roots of 

 maritime plants on the sandy sea beaches, are not so restricted. Thus I have received 

 E. pallida Macl. from Narromine, N.S.AV., and have taken H. pubescens Macl. 

 (described, like tho former, from Gayndah) in my garden at Darling Point. H. 

 bicolor Cart., originally from Botany, I found again at Burnie. Tasmania. . The 

 species vary much in colour and pattern, and while pointing out at least two 

 synonyms, it is probable that a further reduction in the number of names may be 

 desirable. 



H. bakewelli Pase. = H. occidentalis Blackb. var. 



77. sub-parallela Champ. = H. variegata Blackb. var. 



Regarding the first of these it is evident that Champion's notesf refer to 

 occidentalis Blackti. which varies much in colour and marking's, but is inseparable 

 in form from concolorous examples that are found from Victoria to Albany. Re 

 sub-parallela Champ., Mr. Blair writes "at my request he [Mr. Champion] "has 

 looked at the type and finds it identical with variegata Blackb. except that in the 

 latter the pale spots are a little more extensive. The other foi-m is completely 

 dark, with the elytra curiously irregular." A new species is described below. 



•Trans. Key. Soc. S. Aus., xxxviii., 1914, p.388-391. 

 tTrans. Ent. Soc. Lend., 1894, p. 36.3. 



