THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



COL 



Longicornes — 

 Epithora dorsalis 

 Coptocercus rubripes 

 Phoracantha fallax 



„ recurva 



Tricbomesia newmani 

 Hehecerus crocogaster 

 Distichocera par 

 Pseudocephalus (sp.) 

 Unknown, 3 species 

 Buprestidse — 



Stigmodera macularia 

 ,, octospilota 



,, xanthofulosa 



,, octosignata 



,, amphichroa 



,, australis 



,, unknown, 4 sp. 



Lucanidce — 



Lamprima cultridens 

 Autacocyclus (sp.) 



EOPTERA. 



Lucanidas — 



Mastochilus (sp.) 

 Rutelini — 



Anoplognathus (sp.) 

 Carabidae — 



Calosoma schayeri 



Unknown, 3 species 

 Elaters — 



Chrosis illita 



Unknown, 6 species 

 Clerirfse— 



6 species 

 Curculionidge — 



16 species 

 Mordellidas — 



4 species 

 Cistelidae — 



3 species 

 Chrysomelidae — 



20 species 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AUSTRALIAN PLANTS, WITH 



OCCASIONAL OTHER ANNOTATIONS ; 



By Baron von Mueller, K.C.M.G., M. & Ph.D., ER.S. 



(Continued.) 

 Myrtus monosperma. 



Glabrous ; leaves rather large, on very short petioles, mostly 

 ovate-lanceolar, bluntly protracted at the upper end, cuneate at 

 the base, somewhat undulate, dark-green and shining on the 

 surface, less so beneath, their primary venules rather distant, 

 moderately prominent, their oil-dots very copious and pellucid ; 

 pedicels few or several, axillary, capillary, rather long, some on 

 compressed thin peduncles ; flowers very small ; lobes of the 

 calyx four, semiovate or semiorbicular, conspicuously ciliolated ; 

 petals almost glabrous, half over-reaching the calyx-lobes ; anthers 

 orbicular- or cordate-ovate, brownish ; disc glabrous ; ovulary 

 two-celled ; fruit small, nearly globular, usually one-seeded, its 

 pericarp very thin ; seed comparatively large, almost globular, 

 its testule cartilaginous, pale, quite smooth, shining; embryo 

 forming only one coil, but at one end somewhat protruding 

 beyond the curvature. 



Endeavour-River ; W. Persieh. 



Sap of the wood, according to the finder's note, of epipastic 

 effect. 



