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antenna", its legs of a blackish-brown, its epistoma with less 

 narrow wings, its thicker antennae, its eyes enclosed on all sides, 

 the anterior impression of the head a little deeper, its head more 

 convex, very finely punctate, its prothorax more oval and more 

 emarginate in front, its elytra more convex, of a very regular 

 elongate-oval shape, its stricB deeper, the under surface of the 

 prothorax finely striolate-punctate, and particularly by the 

 metasternal episterna, which are short and square; the paronychium 

 is a little longer. 



The central carina of the prosternum is broad, canaliculate 

 only between the coxte 



M. Putzeys also says that he had possessed this insect a long 

 time, and that it was given to him as coming from South A merica. 

 As the greater part of its features show an affinity to the Aus- 

 tralian species he adds that he suspects that this country may 

 well be its true habitat. 



The impression left upon my mind by a stud}^ of Putzeys' 

 description, with specimens of C. oblow^a, Putz., before me, is 

 that it may well have been founded on a specimen (9) of that 

 species, and it is to be regretted that M. Putzeys when describing 

 C. ohlonya did not compare it with C. elegans. The only features 

 that separate these species seem to be the punctate strife and the 

 interstices not raised, with the striolate-punctate under surface of 

 C. elegans; however, a specimen of C. ohlonga, referred to under 

 that species as identical with Ceratoglossa foveiceps, Mack, '{vide 

 p. 235), presents elytral characters that might be described as are 

 those of C. elegans. It is possible the fine punctures of the head 

 and under surface may be a jmst vio7-tem effect; still, as M. Putzeys 

 regarded the species he named C. ohlonga as undescribed, his 

 opinion, must, I think, be upheld, though not without doubt on 

 my part. 



ClIvina oblonga, Putzeys. 



iicohjptus oblongus, Putz., Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1873, xvi. p. 10; 

 Ceratoglossa foveiceps, Macleay, Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W. 1863, 

 i. p. 73. 



