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fortiter emarginato, angulis posticis distiuctis subrotundatis, basi 

 bisinuata media parte late leviter lobata ; elytris creberrime sub- 

 tilissime punctulatis. [Long. 3|-4|, lat l|-2 lines. 



Maris tarsis intermediis simplicibus. 

 . This species seems intermediate between Philojohoeus and Agono- 

 cheila, — the latter of which Baron de Chaudoir himself stated to 

 be in strictness a mere subsection of PhilojMoeus. Its tarsi are 

 of Agonocheila ; in other respects it is a PhiloiMoeus. It differs 

 from all its described allies in its head being subopaque 

 through minute coriaceousness, and also sparingly sprinkled with 

 faintly impressed punctures. The prothorax is extremely like that 

 of P. unicolor, Chaud., but is slightly less transverse, with the 

 front margin much more strongly concave and the hind angles a 

 little less defined. The punctu ration of the elytra is much finer 

 and closer than in any other of the species of Philophlceus having 

 elytra without discal markings. From planus and unicolor it 

 differs by its less parallel form. Its superficial resemblance to P. 

 immaculatus, Chaud., is most extraordinary ; but it differs from it 

 in the sculpture of the head and elytra, in the less transverse pro- 

 thorax (which is more strongly emarginate in front), and in the 

 sexual characters of the male. The sides of the prothorax bear 

 two or three setse in front of the middle, one close to the middle, 

 and one at the basal angle. 



S. Australia; under bark of Eucalyptus at Moonta, Port 

 Augusta, and Port Lincoln. 



Agonocheila cribripennis, Chaud. 



I possess specimens agreeing perfectly in respect of colour and 

 markings with the description of this insect, but which are cer- 

 tainly only varieties of A. kotosa, Newm. Baron de Chaudoir 

 says that crihriioennis differs from lutosa in the puncturation of 

 the elytra (which these examples do not, at any rate not in any 

 invariable manner) as well as in colour and markings, and 

 implies that there are some other distinctions {e.g., in the erect 

 hairs of the prothorax), so it is quite possible that cribripennis is 



