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The vestitiis-<,'roui) has st-vcral rei)roseiitatives. 



S. vestitus Mad., otcuis in the Mallei' eouiitfy, my specimens ai-e 

 from Birchip and Sea Lake. 



S. suhUneafus alsd oeeurs in the Mallee. ami I iiave received it 

 from Melbourne. Both of these species are common in South 

 Australia, they appear to have spread across into the north-west of 

 Victoria, and, so far, 1 have not seen specimens from the south- 

 west corner of that State. 



S. dlplfola Ferg. from the Victorian Alps is the soutliei'n t'oi-m of 

 S. iiiconatans Lea, from Mt. Kosciusko. 



S. tubercufosus Mad. was descrilied from Victoria, l)ut I am 

 unacquainted with its exact liabitat. S. luiirroiififtis is probably a 

 synonym. 



.S'. itiacroui penniA Fei'g. occurs at Xelson, in the south-west 

 corner of Victoria. Both of these species are related to S. Germari 

 from South Australia, and appear to have spread into Victoria by 

 a more southerly route than .S". vestitiix. 



S. dilaticollis Macl. occurs about Mellxtnrne, and .S'. biibolus 

 extends from South Australia to Tasnuinia. These two species are 

 representatives of a fourth group of tlie genus, which is now 

 Biore characteristic of New South Wales than of South Australia. 



.S'. Riverinae Macl., an aberrant species, is widespread north of 

 the Dividing Range and extends into New South Wales. 



Opetiopteryx. — This genus was described fiom a single specimen 

 - — 0. fii(/i(Ja Blackb. — taken on one of the higher mountains in 

 the Victorian A.lps. The genus is unknoAvn to me, but is probalily 

 allied to Sclerorinus. 



AcANTHOLOPiirs. — The Victorian species of this genus arc more 

 ■characteristic of the eastern forms than of the western. So far 

 comparatively few species have been recorded from Victoria ; doul)t- 

 less more remain to be discovered. 



Ac. spiriif/er Macl. has a wide range, extending into New South 

 Wales. Of its Victorian range I am uncertain, most specimens I 

 have seen were labelled Victoria. I believe it occurs in the vicinity 

 of Melbourne. 



Ac. appro.rimatus is widely distiibuted. 1 have or have seen 

 specimens from Bullarook. Araiat, Dandenong Ranges, Gippsland 

 and the Grampians. It is allied to Ac. Addnidat of South Aus- 

 tralia. 



Ac. Di.voni, n.sp., and Ac. auf/ust icoJlis, n.sp., both herein 

 described, occur at Portland. They probably l»oth belong to the same 

 group. 



