AUSTRALIAN PSELAPIll D.E, 



DlDIMOPRORA VlCTORIiE, Kill' 



Tyrus Victoria}, King, Trans. Ent. Sue. N.S.W. i 1865, p. 168. 

 (Plate x., fig. 39.) 



Oblonga, nigro-picea, antennis pedibusquecastaneis,elytrismbro- 

 castaneis (in g basi infuscatis), palpis testaceis, pube castanea. 

 Caput latitudine sua longius, tuberculo antennario elongato et 

 valde sulcato, basi foveato, foveis duabus alteris magis inter se 

 quam ab oculis distantibus. Antennae validse, articulis 1° majori, 



2 quadrato, 3 subobconico, 4-5 elongato-quadvatis, 6 simili sed 

 angustiori, 7 subquadrato, cseteris in utroque sexu diversis. 

 Prothorax oblongus, antice posticeque angustatus, lateribus 

 rotundatus, foveis lateralibus magnis, media ante basali oblonga. 

 Elytra latitudine sua longiora, ad basin attenuata, humeris 

 obliquis et notatis, sulco dorsali obsoleto et brevissimo. Abdomen 

 elytris longius, convexum. 



£. Antennarum articulis 8 transverso, 9 transverso, octo duplo 

 latiori, 10 transverso majori, angulo interim apicali producto, 

 ambobus infra deplanatis, 11 magno, ovato, basi truncato, infra 

 basi oblique impresso. Metasternum convexum, la,te nee prof unde 

 longitudinaliter impressum. Segmentis ventralibus 4 medio 

 depresso, 5 impresso, 6 foveato. Trochanteribus intermediis 

 medio dente valido, acuto, posticis basi dente obtuso pneditis; 

 tibiis intermediis apice minute calcaratis, posticis intus ante 

 apicem calcare maximo, lato, compresso et laminato armatis. 



(j>. Antennarum articulis 9 et 10 minus transversis, 11 ovato, 

 basi truncato; tuberculo antennario minus elongato; segmento 

 ventrali 6 apice sinuato, segmento dorsali ultimo magno, sub- 

 triangulari, apice producto, parte iuferiori deplanata. Long. 



3 00-3- 10 mm. 



This species and the following one are very closely allied ; as 

 the description of Victorice given by King lacks the real specific 

 •characters, it is rather difficult to decide which of these two 

 species is the true Victorice. 



Melbourne, Vic. 



