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XXVIII. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, zoith descrip- 

 tions ofneiv species. By Chas. 0. Water- 

 HOUSE. 



[Read 2ncl November, 1874.] 



NECROPHAGA. 

 Heterocerid^. 



Elythomerus, gen. nov. 



Corpus elongatum. IMentum antice fortlter trlano-u- 

 Janter emargmatum. Labrum arcuatim acuminatum. 

 CoxjB anticffi contigure, intermedia^ fere contigua?. 



The species for which I propose the above generic 

 name _ differs from any Heterocerus with which I am 

 acquainted in its singularly elongate form, but I am 

 induced to separate it chiefly on account of the proximity 

 of the intermediate coxfe. The prosternum is not keeled, 

 and is not visible between the anterior coxaj. 



Ehjthomerus elongatulus, sp. nov. 



Elongatus, sub-cylindricus, nitidiusculus, pubescens, 

 pallide flavus. Elytrorum sutura infuscata. 



Long. 6 mill. ; lat. If mill. 



Elongate, gently convex, pale testaceous, with the 

 thorax a trifle less pale. Head transverse, scarcely nar- 

 rower in front of the eyes. Thorax opaque, a little 

 broader than the head, a little broader than long, scarcely 

 narrowed in front, the anterior angles obtuse, the sides 

 slightly rounded, the j)osterior angles obliquely truncated, 

 the width at the base equal to the width of one elytron. 

 Scutellum very small. Elytra twice as long as the head 

 and thorax together, parallel, rounded at the apex, gently 

 convex, scarcely shining, densely and extremely finely 

 punctured, the suture slightly infuscated. Anterior 

 tibial broad, bowed on the outer edge, which is furnished 

 with eight or nine long slightly curved bristles. 



i7fl^.— Queensland. Coll. Brit. Mus. 



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