BY THE REV. K. L. KING, B.A. 95 



tice vix contracto, ad basin 2-foveolato ; tibiis auticis ad 

 basin contractis. 



Paramatta. 



This species is smaller than 8. gulosus. The thorax is more 

 elongated, and the fore tibiae are widest at the middle. T have 

 found but two specimens in the decaying wood of a dead 

 Ironbark tree. In its external appearance it very closely 

 resembles the genus Scydmtenilla. 



SCYDM^NDS PAKAMATTENSIS. 



Piceus setosus, antennarum articulis a sexto crescentibus ; 

 thorace ad medium latiori antice contracto ad basin minus 

 contracto, £''"■'' foveis magnis elongatis transversis contiguis 

 notato. 

 Long.-^^. PL Vll.fig. 5. 

 Paramatta. 



This species is found in similar situations with S. gulosus. It 

 is readily distinguished from that insect by its larger size, and by 

 the character of the club of the antennae, which, as the 6th joint 

 is the smallest of all, appears to be composed of 5 somewhat 

 close joints ; the 8th, 9th, and 10th, are somewhat transverse and 

 nearly equal, the 11th considerably longer. It is not so common 

 as S. gulosus, but quite as voracious. 



SCYDMiENUS NEGLECTUS. 



Piceus, thorace ad basin latiori antice contracto, transverse 



fossulato ; elytris castaneis breviter ovalibus. 

 Long, -^hs- 

 Paramatta. 



This species comes near 8. Parmnattensis. It is smaller, and 

 the thorax is widest at the base, and gradually contracted from 

 the base to the neck. The elytra are sliorter in proportion to 

 their breadth, and are indeed almost globose. It appears to be 

 a scarce species. 



Megaladerus. (Stephens.) 

 Of this genus I have met with but a single species, and of it 

 but four specimens. Probably it is not uncommon, but not easily 

 detected on account of its extreme minuteness. 



