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THE AUSTRALIAN STRONGYLIIN.E AND OTHER 

 TENEBRIONID.E, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW 

 GENERA AND SPECIES. 



(Family Tenebrionid^.) 



By H. J. Carter, B.A., F.E.S. 



(With nine text-figures.) 



The species of the Australian Strongyliince are rare in collec- 

 tions, and are often confused with the Cistelidce, from which 

 they can be readily distinguished by their non-lamellate tarsi 

 and non-pectinate claws. There are only three existing genera, 

 to which I propose to add two more. These five genera may be 

 tabulated as follows. 



Genera of the Australian Strongyliince. 



1. Procoxae not contiguous. 



2. Prothorax with explanate margins Tyndarims Pasc. 



3. Prothorax without explanate margins. 



4. Prothorax twice as wide as long, with slight transverse convexity. 



5. Sides of prothorax dentate in middle Notostrongylmm, n.gen. 



6. Sides of prothorax not dentate PstudostrongylAum Kraatz. 



7. Prothorax not twice as wide as long, with strong transverse 



convexity Strongyliutn K'why . 



8. Procoxse contiguous Notolea, x\.geu. 



Tyndari^us longitarsis Pasc, is described as copper-brown in 

 colour; and I have a specimen that is so from Dorrigo, N.S.W. 

 More often, however, it is mottled with a grey pubescence, giving 

 it a close likeness to Lepispilus sulcicollis Boisd. It may be 

 readily separated, however, from this species by its greater length, 

 narrower form, and the extremely long anterior tarsi. It is 

 common in the mountain-districts of New South Wales and 

 Victoria, and I have a specimen from Tasmania. 



Pseudosfrongylium viridipentie Kraatz. — I think I have cor- 

 rectly identified this species in a rather common insect from 

 Cooktowii, Cairns, and other North Queensland districts. Mr. 



