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Pimctiu'ed, black, slightly shining; head very convex between the 

 eyes, not sulcated; prothorax much narrower than the head, only 

 slightly dilated anteriorly, with three broad and deep longitudinal 

 grooves, the spaces between shai-jily elevated (with the keeled sides 

 fonning altogether four naiTow but prominent costae) ; scutellimi small, 

 triangular ; elytra broader than the prothorax at the base, each with 

 four raised lines, the two central abbreviated towards the apex, the 

 suture not thickened; legs pitchy; body beneath black, sparingly 

 punctured; antennae, especially towards the apex, sparsely clothed 

 with rich golden-brown hairs. Length 2f lines. 



Smaller and proportionably narrower than the last, and readily 

 distinguished by a multitude of characters, although the habit is 

 nearly the same. 



Apostla [Tenebrionidae.] 



Head convex and subtriangular in fi-ont, slightly elongated behind the 

 eyes. Antennae short, eleven-jointed, gradually increasing fi-om the 

 base, the first joint partially concealed by the antennaiy orbit. Eyes 

 large, roimd, entire. Epistome and lip short, very transverse. Palpi 

 with the terminal joint narrowly triangular. Mentum transverse. 

 Prothorax subcordate, scarcely longer than broad. El)i;ra narrow, sub- 

 paraUel. Legs moderate ; anterior coxae large, subcylindrical, greatly 

 exserted ; tibiae spined ; tarsi slender. 



But for the large and greatly exserted anterior coxae, I should not 

 hesitate to place this genus near Calcar, although the antennary 

 orbit is so contracted as to leave the eye perfectly free, and the 

 epistome, although short, is of great breadth and apparently distinct 

 from the front. Whatever its affinities may be, I cannot myself see, 

 at present, that it can be better placed than near Calcar and Boros. 



Aposyla jpicea. (PI. XYI. fig. 4.) 



A. subelongata, rufo-fusca, nitida, punctata ; antennis feiTugineis, 



Hub. Queensland. 



Rather elongate, subdepressed, shining, reddish brown ; head convex 

 between the eyes, and slightly constricted behind them, irregularly pimc- 

 tured ; antennae fen-uginous ; lip with stiiF gi'eyish hairs ; prothorax 

 with numerous somewhat coarse punctm'es ; scutellum broadly trian- 

 gular ; elytra scarcely wider than the prothorax, pimctm-ed in rather 

 irregvdar rows ; body beneath and legs reddish-brown. Length 3^ lines. 



Rhypasma [Tenebrionidae]. 



Head rather broad, convex in front, truncate anteriorly, the epistome and 

 lip inserted beneath. Eyes small, oblong, entire. Antennae 11-jointed, 

 inserted beneath the broad antennary orbit, half the length of the body, 

 the first three joints longer, the next five submouiliform, the last three 



