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ing when set back slightly (but distiactly) beyond the back of the 

 eye ; the colour of the antenna?, tibire, and tarsi is very distinctly 

 (though not brightly) testaceous ; the front margin of the pro- 

 thorax in the middle is distinctly raised and emarginate, and 

 the erect seta? of the upper suiface are considerably shorter and 

 stouter than those of F. comosus, and about as much longer than 

 those of P. Hopei. 



I may remark that I believe I know P. disjyar, Germ., but 

 am not sufficiently confident of the identification to specify its 

 differences from P. intermedins, except in respect of cliaracters 

 that are definitely mentioned in the description, among which are 

 the very short erect set?e of its upper surface and the truncate 

 front margin of its prothorax. 



The other described species of the genus — P. ateo'opterus , 

 Schonh., — I do not think that I have seen ; if it were not that 

 Schonherr says its rostrum is non-carinate, it might be a dark 

 var. of P. comosus, in which case Germar's name would have to 

 be dropped. 



Kangaroo Island ; taken by Mr. Tepper. 



Maleuterpes (gen.nov. Brachyderinarum). 



Caput latum convexum ; rostrum quara caput brevius, sat 

 robustum ; scrobes rectse trans verste ab oculis distantes ; 

 oculi modici sat rotundati ; antennis prothoracis basin vix 

 attingentibus, scapo oculi marginem posticum attingentibus, 

 funiculo 7-articulato, articulis basalibus 2 quam ceteri lon- 

 gioribus, clava distincta brevi ; prothorax antice et postice 

 subtruncatus ; scutellum distinctum ; elytra prothorace sat 

 latiora ; pedes sat elongati sat robusti, coxis anticis nonnihil 

 sejunctis, femoribus sat incrassatis {^ anticis dente elongato 

 spiniformi armatis), tibiis intus ad apicem fortiter mucronatis 

 ((J intus basin versus dente elongato spiniformi armatis, 9 

 intus sinuatis), corbulis posticis apertis, tarsis sat brevibus, 

 unguiculis connatis ; metasternum modicum ; segmenta ven- 

 tralia 3-4 brevia. 



