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transverse, basal sulcus. The i^rotliorax is siniilai- in sliai>e in all, and 

 is not in any way different from that of many species of Talmiri- 

 nus. The elytral sculpture consists of more or less re.s:ular rows 

 of shallow foveae or punctures ; the interstices are little raised, and 

 finely granulate, the graindes hemg often obscured l)y tlie cloth- 

 ing'; in X. 1nixtricoAHs,\\o\\Q\eY, the elytra are spinose. 



In addition to Cubicorrhi/nchus cichlodes Pasc, tlie type of tlie 

 genns, the following- species have also been referred ])y Lea (Trans. 

 Roy. Soc. 8. Australia, 1903, p. 112) to XolofwpJies — T. dumosus 

 j\[acl., T. jrupa Pasc, T. lernmuf^ Pasc, T. s2')i7iosu.'i MacL, X. atigii- 

 licollis Lea. 



I cainiot regard the first three as congeneric with X. cichlorlef^, 

 and have, therefore, proposed the genus Pseudotiotcmophefi to 

 receive them. T. spinosus is synonymous witli T. lij/i^tricofius 

 P)ohem., and T. temiipes Pasc; it differs from .Y. cichlodes in the 

 a))sence of the supraocular crests, and in the spinose elytra. As it 

 is probably more nearly related to Notonophes tlian to the tj/picus- 

 group of Tcdaurinus, for example, I am content to leave it, for tiie 

 present, in the former genus. X. angtdicollis Lea, is a thoroughly 

 distinct species, but I have grave doubts as to whether the form 

 described as a variety, by Lea*, is not entitled to specific rank; at 

 any rate, I liave thought it worthy of at least a varietal name. In 

 addition to the above, I have specimens of two new species from 

 West and North-west Australia, and one wliich I doubtfully regard 

 as another variety of X. angulicollis Lea. 



Also, I liave little doubt, from the description, that Cuhicorrlnpi- 

 chus dnafnticeps Blackburn (Report Horn Exped. Central Aus- 

 tralia, ii., 1806, p. 293), also l)elongs to this genus. As I do not 

 know it in nature, I have not included it in my table. 



Geographical Disfrihidion. — The range of this genus differs 

 greatly from that of the otlier main genera, with the possil)le 

 exception of Macramgcterus. Including X. hg.^lricosus, the range 

 extends from King George's Sound, through Nortli-west Australia 

 and tlie Xortliern Territory to Cape York Peninsula. 11' C. dihda- 



* Mitt. a. d. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 1910, p. 181. 



