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coarsely punctui'ed ; scutellum and elytra veiy pale greyish, inclining 

 to yellow, the latter irregularly pimctiu-ed with several slightly-raised 

 longitudinal lines and a dark-brown elongate patch at the shoulder ; 

 body beneath and legs pale greyish. Length 3^ lines. 



CoTTjLADES [Tenebrionidae]. 



Head subquadrate, exserted, but not constricted behind. Eyes small, 

 lateral, round. Antennae submonilifonn, shoi't, thick, very hairy, the 

 basal joint longest, the rest to the tenth subequal, very transverse, 

 the eleventh smaller, tnmcate, Labruni small, rounded anteriorly and 

 ciliated. Mentuni subquadrate, produced at the sides. Labium trans- 

 verse, roimded in front. Palpi short, clavate, terminal joint ovate. 

 Prothorax subquadrate, wider anteriorly. Elytra ovate, convex. Legs 

 short; all the tarsal joints, except the last, very short. 



To this genus belongs the Tagenia leucospila of Mr. Hope ; the 

 head, however, not contracted behind into a neck, and other cha- 

 racters show that it is veiy distinct from Tagenia [^Stenosis] ; at 

 the same time it is difflcnlt to point out a nearer ally. In this and 

 the following genus the intermediate legs appear to be without 

 trochanters. 



Cotulades fascicularis. (PL VII. fig. 5.) 



C. niger, rugoso-punctatus ; elji;ris obsolete albo-fasciculatis. 



Hah. Australia (Melbourne). 



Dull broAvnish -black ; head and prothorax covered with large, coarse, 

 nearly confluent pimctm^es, and spai'ingly fm-nished with stift", decum- 

 bent, scaly hairs; elytra coarsely striato-pimctate, each with tlii'ee 

 indistinct ridges and with eight to ten short fascicles of brownish- 

 white bail's, indeterminately an-anged, but sometimes neai'ly wanting 

 (from abrasion ?) ; claws pale ferruginous ; body beneath strongly 

 punctured. Length 3 lines. 



Elascus [Tenebrionidae]. 



Head rather elongate, scarcely exserted. Eyes small, lateral, undivided. 

 Antennae short, haiiy, eleven -jointed, the first longest, the rest trans- 

 verse and more or less equal, except that the last is smaller than the 

 preceding one. Palpi moderate, filiform, the terminal joint ovate, sub- 

 acmninate. Mentum transverse, the angles roimded. Labiiun small^ 

 transverse. Prothorax subquadrate, irregidar, much broader than the 

 head, projecting in front, and lobed posteriorly, slightly dilated and 

 serrated at the sides. Scutellum very small, quadrate. Elyti-a nearly 

 parallel, broader than the prothorax. Leg-s short; femora and tibiae 

 compressed, the latter ciliated externally ; tarsi very short and slender, 

 the last joint nearly as long as the rest together. 



This genus is not very far removed from the last : and. judging 



