702 a list of the trogositid^ of australia, 



4. Cymba monilata. 



Peltis monilata Pascoe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) X, p. 318 

 (1872). 



Australia. 



As this species is unknown to me, I merely follow Reitter in 

 referring it to the genus Cymha, of which the type is the European 

 Peltis procera of Kraatz. 



Leperina. 



Erichson, Germ. Zeitschr. Y., p. 453 (1844). 



This very natural genus is largely represented in Australia. The 

 species are found under bark and are rather local, but usually 

 abundant where they occur. 



I would here point out that these insects should be killed with 

 the fumes of chloroform or ammonia and pinned immediately, as 

 their scales and elytral fascicles are very easily abraded. Speci- 

 mens which have been preserved in alcohol are generally untit for 

 identification. 



Section 1 — Elytra without fascicles. 



5. Leperina decorata. (A. M.) 



Trogosita decorata, Erichson, Wiegm, Archiv., I., p. 150 (1842). 



Leperina decorata, Lacordaire, Gen. Atlas, pi. 19, fig. 5. 



Leperina gayndahensis, Macleay, Trans. Ent. Soc, N. S. Wales 

 II., p. 164 (1871). 



Gayndah, Wide Bay, Queensland ; Clarence River, N. S. 

 Wales ; Port Lincoln, South Australia ; Victoria ; Tasmania. 



I have satisfied myself after a careful examination of a long 

 series that the specimens from Gayndah in the collection of the 

 Australian Museum are only abraded examples of this abundant 

 species. 



6. Leperina seposita, sp. n. (A. M.) 



Oblong, pitchy black, somewhat shining ; head and prothorax 

 strongly and closely punctured, the latter with a small patch of 

 rusty red scales at the posterior angles, the sides strongly rounded, 



