BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 



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The little insect for which I propose this name cannot I think 

 be referred to any previously described genus. It has very much 

 the facies of Cyphon, but differs by its much harder teguments 

 and the structure of its sterna. In both these characters it seems 

 to agree with the South American genus Artematopus, but in that 

 the antennae are said to be very long and the tarsi lamellated, the 

 basal joint of the latter being " as long as the three following." 



I have little doubt but that the example before me is a male. 

 The dilatation of the intermediate joints of the antennae is 

 certainly suggestive of that sex as also is the structure of the 

 hind body, the antepenultimate ventral segment bearing a 

 strong carina down its middle. The apical ventral segment is 

 somewhat evenly rounded behind. From the apical orifice of the 

 hind body two longish filaments protrude. The piece of the 

 undersurface which I have referred to above (vide Eelodes 

 princeps) as being probably the scutum of the metathorax is 

 extremely wide in the present species, being fully as wide as a 

 quarter of the whole distance across the undersurface. 



I am sorry that, having only a single example, I have been 

 unable to examine any but the external characters of this insect. 



SCLEROCYPHON MACULATUS, Sp.nOV. 



Brunneo-testaceus, nigro-maculatus ; pubescens ; creberrime 

 subtilissime punctulatus; elytris obsolete striatis, obscure 

 trans versim rugatis. [Long. 1|, lat. 1J lines. 



On the head the dark markings consist of some vague shading 

 and also two spots on the vertex ; on the prothorax of some ill- 

 defined spots on the disc not extending to the middle or the 

 vicinity of the lateral margin, on the elytra of a number of 

 blotches ; on the underside these occupy nearly the whole surface 

 except the hind body, on which, however, there are some dark 

 spots, the femora are nearly black, the base of the tibiae being 

 also marked with dark colouring. The apical spine of the tibiae is 

 extremely feeble, on the anterior four legs nearly wanting. The 

 dilated joints of the antennae are darker in colour than the rest. 



Victoria; Alpine district. 





