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distinct feature in the sculpture. The place of C. itierinis in the 

 tabulation of species of this genus which I furnished to the Roy. 

 Soc. S.A. (1896, p. 243) is beside C. pygvicziis, Blackb., fi'om 

 which it is at once distinguishable by the puncturation of its 

 pygidium not being notably closer and coarser than that of its 

 prothorax. 



Victoria ; taken by myself and sent by Messrs. Sloane, Mulder, 

 etc. 



C. mceiius, Er. Since I wrote the paper referred to above 

 (Tr. R.S. S.A., 1896) I have received more specimens from 

 Tasmania of the species that I had some hesitation in referring 

 to C. viczlius, Er., and I am now satisfied that it is correctly 

 called by that name. 



ELATERID^ (?). 



EcHTHROGASTER (gen. nov. Campylidaruni ?). 



Palporum maxillarium articulus apicalis elongato-obconicus ; 

 mandibula porrecta curvata ad apiceni acuta ; caput modicum, 

 utrinque ad clypei (hoc a fronte haud sutura definito) basin 

 profunde emarginatum ; clypeus frontis curvam haud continuans 

 sed sat abrupte deflectus, profunde concavus antice rutundatus ; 

 labrum inconspicuum ; oculi modici, sat convexi, integri, sub- 

 tiliter granulati a prothorace longe distantes ; antennae ad basin 

 abdominis attingentes, filiformes, sat robusti, articulis 1° crasso 

 piriformi elongato (pone oculum medium attingenti 2° parvo 

 (ante 1' apicem inserto) 3" quam 1'" vix breviori -l" quam 3"* 

 paullo breviori 4"— 10" inter se sat similibus 11" quam 1"' haud 

 breviori ; prothorax tranversim subquadratus, antice leviter 

 angustatus, obsolete injequalis, lateribus leviter arcuatis, margine 

 antico fere truncato, basi vix sinuata, angulis anticis obtusis 

 posticis acutis leviter divergentibus vix retrorsum productis \ 

 elytra quam prothorax circiter quaita parte latiora circiter 

 quadruplo longiora, a basi ad apicem giadatim leviter angustata, 

 punctulato-striata, epipleuris concavis pone medium angustis ; 

 prosternum sat convexuni, tequale, ante coxas elongatum, suturis 

 prosternalibus rectis antrorsum divergentibus, parte mediana 

 pone coxas deflectum ; mesostetnum longitudinaliter excavatum ; 

 metasteruum inter coxas intermedias acute productum, episternis 



