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size it is about equal to D. corticarioidcs. The femora are usually deeply infus- 

 cated, except at base and apex; on some specimens the front legs are almost 

 entirely pale ; the apical half, or less, of the antenna is infuscated ; on some 

 specimens vague remnants of a subbasal depression may be seen on the pronotum, 

 but from most of them even these are absent. 



Family Tf^NElJRIONID.E. 



PALORUS EUTERMIPHILUS sp. nov. 



Bright castaneous. Upper surface glabrous, under surface almost so. 



Head moderately wide, with rather dense punctures. Clypeus with smaller 

 punctures than on rest of head, its hind suture semicircular. Eyes small, without 

 canthi, extreme sides only visible from above but distinct from below. Antennae 

 ■scarcely longer than their distance apart, parallel-sided except near base, third 

 to tenth joints distinctly transverse, the eleventh almost as long as wdde. 

 ProtJwrax moderately transverse, sides rounded, distinctly dilated to near apex, 

 and finely margined, hind angles rectangular ; punctures slightly larger but 

 otherwise as on head. Scutdhim widely transverse. Elytra opaque, parallel- 

 sided to near apex, base wider than base of prothorax, but less than its greatest 

 width; with deep stria? containing rather shallow punctures, interstices acutely 

 costate almost throughout. Under surface with dense punctures on prosternum, 

 niesosternum, and sides of metasternura, much sparser and smaller elsewhere. 

 Legs short. Length, 2-75-3 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Townsville, twelve specimens from termites' nest, 

 Euternies sp. (G. F. Hill, No. 1033).— Type, I. 11588 in South Australian 

 Museum ; cotype, C/2311 in Queensland Museum. 



This species should perhaps have been regarded as the type of a new 

 genus, but I am averse from proposing new genera for inqui lines except on very 

 strong grounds. The entire absence of a club to the antenna? and the eyes not 

 encroached upon by canthi seem to exclude it from Triholimn, to the species of 

 which it bears a strong general resemblance. The antennae and eyes, except that 

 the latter are smaller, wdth their edges just visible from above, are much as in 

 several species of Palorus. The dilated front of prothorax, and opaque elytra, 

 Avith acute costas, are very distinctive amongst the allied genera. The colour is 

 an almost uniform and rather pale castaneous, the antennae are slightly darker 

 than the head, but the terminal joint is slightly paler. 



Family MELANDRYID^. 

 PAROMARTEON MUTABILE Blackb. 



I have previously"" commented upon this species, but as there are now 

 before me many other specimens, including several sharply defined and more 

 or less constant varieties, it appears desirable to name some of them. The sexes 



« Lea, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., 1917, p. 168. 



