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The undersurface is testaceous, with the sides and apex of the 

 abdomen more or less widely black. The legs are entirely 

 testaceous. 



The description of Dromius tridens, Newm., is so meagre and 

 vague that several widely separated species (including this) would 

 come very near fitting it. I have not, however, seen any example 

 of this species so large as D. tridens, and this, together with 

 Newman's calling it a Dromius, points strongly to D. tridens 

 being a Trigonothops (in spite of De Chaudoir's saying that it is 

 congeneric with Lehia henefica, Newm.), — probably T. pacificay 

 Er. 



I have examined the type of Sarothrocrepis liturata, Macl. 

 (from N. W. Australia), and cannot distinguish it from examples 

 of this species taken on the south coast of Australia. 



In all the numerous varieties I have seen of this insect there is 

 a conspicuous isolated dark spot or blotch on either side of the 

 scutellum and at least some trace of a more or less semicircular 

 dark mark on the front of the prothorax. 



The prothorax is very strongly transverse in the female and 

 considerably less so in the male, its sides moderately (female) or 

 but little (male) rounded, its greatest width at (female) or just in 

 front of (male) the middle, its front margin very little narrower 

 than its base, its hind angles obtuse. 



The specimens before me are from Port Lincoln, Adelaide, 

 Melbourne, the Victorian Alps, Central Australia, and N. W. 

 Australia. 



COPTODERIDES. 



Philophlceus monticola, sp.nov. 



Sat depress us ; pubescens ; ferrugineus ; elytris fusco-piceis, 

 lateribus (sat anguste) apice (ol)scure angustissime) et vittis 

 singulis dorsalibus latis ferrugineis 3 his in quinta parte 

 apicali deficientibus ; prothorace quam longiori minus quam 

 duplo latiori, antice fortiter emarginato, postice sat fortiter 

 lobato, ad latera utrinque 5-setoso, lateribus mox ante medium 



