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Natural Order. — Ptinites, 



72. Synercticiis heteromerus. Caput exertum vix pronum, subcom- 



planatum, latum, pone oculos transverse sulcatum ; oculi me- 

 diocres, rotundi, laterales ; antennae capite paullo longiores 

 moniliformes extus paullo crassiores, articulo ultimo obconico 

 apice acutissimo : prothorax capite paullo latior, obcordatus, 

 postice truncatus, lateribus rotundatus : scutellum minutissimum, 

 apice rotundatum : elytra prothorace latiora, dorso convexa, 

 lateribus parallela, apice rotundata, ampla, abdomen tegentia : 

 pedes subbreves, tarsis heteromeris. Syne, heteromerus. Piceo- 

 fusca, nitida, epicranium postice confertissime punctum : pro- 

 thorax confertim punctus : elytra lineis tribus vix distinctis 

 elevatis aucta ; confertim ac minutissime sed irregulater pvmcta. 

 (Corp. long. '35 unc. lat. '125 unc.) 

 A pair of these insects were found on the blossoms of Eucalyptus. 

 They bear considerable resemblance to the Clerites ; and perhaps a 

 more rigid investigation of the mouth will establish their claim to a 

 station in that order. 



73. Epiteles contumax. Caput magnum, porrectum ; mandibulaa 



valida3 arcuatae, palpi longi, fere sequales, articulo ultimo paulla 

 incrassato, apice truncato ; oculi mediocres, valde distantes, re- 

 niformes ; antennae ad orem sitae, capite vix longiores, 11-arti- 

 culatae, articuli basales 4, graciles, ca^teri crassiores, serratae : 

 prothorax capite paullo brevior, paullo angustior, margine antico 

 rectus, postico angustior fere rectus, angulis manifesto rotunda- 

 tis : scutellum manifestum, postice rotundatum : elytra protho- 

 race vix latiora, lateribus parallela, apice rotundata, abdomen 

 vix tegentia : pedes aequales, breves, femoribus tumidis, tarsis 

 quasi 5-articulatis. Epiteles contumax. Antennae basi pallidae, 

 fere pellucidae, apice nigrae ; caput, prothorax, elytra et sternum 

 nigra : abdomen rufum, ano bifido nigro : pedes pallidi, proti- 

 biis basi fuscis : epicranium latum, perlongum, hirtum, aspere 

 punctum : prothorax hirtus, antice punctus, lateribus obsolete 

 transversim rugatus : elytra nitida, glaberrima, vix puncta. — 

 Corp. long. '35 unc. lat. "075 unc. 

 Under bark of Eucalyptus. 



74. Deretaphrus fossus. Caput vix pronum, exertum, pone oculos 



constrictum ; oculi valde distantes, magnitudine mediocres, la- 

 terales, fere rotundi ; antennae capite baud longiores, curvatae, 

 apice paullo crassiores, articido basali magno, apicali parvo, 9, 



