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tibise (not only the front ones) if it had existed in anyof 

 Australian Orthorhini that he has described. The species of this 

 author bearing a general resemblance to 0. bicolor in size and the 

 absence of fasciculated scales are hilipoides (desciibed as an 

 Alcides — " in a moment of aberration" its author says), carinatus, 

 infidiis, and meleagris ; of these hilipoides is said to have the basal 

 joint of the funiculus of its antennt© " breviusculus," carinatus to 

 have the alternate interstices of its elytra different from the rest, 

 and meleagris is not intelligibly described (probably through a 

 printer's error), but as its elytra are spoken of as being especially 

 " short " and some (at least) of the interstices of the elytra are 

 called " dentato-tuberculati " at the base, it is evidently not the 

 insect before me. 0. infidus, I think, must be closely related to 

 0. bicolor, but inter alia seems to be much larger (the length 

 being given as 6 lines) ; it is, moreover, not mentioned as having 

 any white scales, nor are the elytra described as bearing any 

 pattern-like markings ; its hind tibise are said to be " strongly 

 com|)ressed near the apex," an approximation no doubt to the 

 toothed hind tibiae of 0. bicolor, but the phrase would certainly 

 not adequately describe the structure of the latter. 



Victoria ; Alpine district ; under bark of Eucalyptus about 

 6000 feet above sea-level. 



(ERIRHININ.^.) 



Emplesis. 



This genus is distinguished by Mr, Pascoe from all other Austra- 

 lian Erirhinid genera by the following characters in combination : 

 — Apical joint of tarsi short and stout, protruding but little from 

 between the lobes of the 3rd joint, antennal funicle 7-jointed, 

 elytra without posterior callosities, 2nd ventral segment not so 

 long as segments 3 and 4 together. It is to be remarked, however, 

 that these characters do not separate Emplesis from Storeus. In 

 tabulating the genera of Erirliinidce (Ann, Nat, Hist. 1873, pp. 

 182-3) Mr. Pascoe adds the further character that the ventral 

 sutures are straight in Emplesis and laterally curved in Storeus, 



