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XIII. Descriptions of neio genera and species of Tene- 

 brionidjB. By Frederick Bates. 



[Read 2ud December, 1872.] 



The following is a list of the new genera and species 

 described in this paper :— 



Aphtora (n. g.) rujipes 

 Diphyrhynchus ovalis 



,, Caledonicus 



„ nigrohrunneus . 



Saragodinus (n. g.) Duboulayi . 



„ Howitti 



Nyctozoilus reticulatus 

 Hypocilibe (n. g.) Macleayi 

 Onosterrhus marginicollis 



„ opacus 



Ephidoniiis Duboulayi 



New Zealand. 

 New Caledonia. 



West Australia. 



New South Wales. 

 Queensland. ? 

 AVest Australia. 



Aphtora, n. g.* 



Mentum trapezoidal, the face or disc prominent, plane, 

 and transversely quadrangular, the sides anteriorly, and 

 apex strongly inflexed : last joint of Jabial palpi oval or 

 subcylindric ; the maxillaries rather robust, the last joint 

 oval or subcylindric, the apex obliquely truncated: antennce 

 sparsely pilose, the 3 terminal joints forming a slightly 

 compressed club ; joints 3-8 compact, subequal, or very 

 gradually wider and shorter, 9-10 much wdder, transverse, 

 subtriangular, subperfoliate, 11 large, rounded at apex: 

 labrian distinct, transverse, sparsely pilose : head immersed 

 in pro thorax up to the eyes, trapezoidal anteriorly, frontally 

 depressed ; fore angles of epistoma rounded, the apex 

 slightly and broadly emarginate, the suture perceptible by 

 a dark line at each side, and a depressed line behind : eyes 

 rather large, prominent, transverse, almost entire : prothorax 

 wider than long, sides contracted in front, apex arcuately 

 emarginate, sides strongly margined, reflexed,«the apex and 



* Tribe Ulomides, group ii. TrihoUides, Lacordaire. 

 TRANS. ENT. SOC. 1872. PART IV. (DEC.) 



