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On the blossoms of Exocarpus, Eucalyptus, and tea-scrub. This 

 form of Lamia appears frequent in Australia. Lamia pedicornis and 

 L. Solandri may be referred to it. 



34. Parmetia rugulosa^ Guerin, Voyage de la Coquille, pi. 7, fig. 9. 

 Under decaying timber. 



Natural Order. — Clerites. 



In an early number of *The Entomologist' I described several 

 Australian Clerites under the generic name of Clerus, at the same 

 time expressing an opinion that they could not with propriety be in- 

 cluded in that genus : on the present occasion I think it best to assign 

 a- generic name to each species, still however placing such names in 

 parentheses to indicate their minor importance. 



35. f Xanthoceros ) fasciculatus. Genus novum ? Antennae clavatae 



haud capitate, articulus ultimus praecedentibus duplo longior, 

 vix latior. Ximth. fasciculatus. Clerus fasciculatus, Schreiber. 

 On White Gum. The described species which I suppose referrible 

 to the proposed genus Xanthoceros have brilliantly yellow antennae, 

 which moreover are structurally different from those of the Europaean 

 genus Clerus or Trichodes, the only other genus to which the species 

 assimilate. 



36. (Xanthoceros) idoneus. Antennae flavae : elytri utriusque fas- 



ciis 2 tenuibus obliquis albidis : caetera nigra, fulgore purpureo 

 nitentia : caput et prothorax puncta, punctis mediocribus, 

 confluentibus, indistinctis : elytra aspere puncta, punctis mag- 

 nis, profundis, distinctis, subseriatim dispositis : pedes nigri, 

 tarsis feirugineis, quasi 4-articulatis. (Corp. long. Q unc. lat. 

 '15 unc.) 

 On blossoms of Eucalyptus, in November and December. The 

 first fascia of each elytron is j)laced rather before its middle ; it com- 

 mences near, but not at, the lateral margin, and proceeds obliquely 

 downwards until it nearly approaches the suture, when it bends up- 

 wards, still however not quite reaching the suture : the second fascia 

 is placed rather below the middle ; it commences at the lateral mar- 

 gin, and proceeds obliquely upwards to the suture : the first fascia is 

 naked, the second densely lanuginose : near the apex of the elytra is 

 a sutural space, nearly glabrous, and of a deep metallic green colour. 



37. (Xanthoceros) splendidus, Newman, Entom. 15. On blossoms 



of Eucalyptus, in November and December. 

 SS.( Xanthoceros) simplex, Newman, Entom. 16. Ditto. 



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