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The DascillidfE form a small family with .only 3 genera 

 which have a remarkable distribution in Australia. One 

 genus— Dascillus, — with only one species ( D. brevicornisj 

 is recorded only from Queensland ; the second, Scirtes, 

 with only one species fS. exoletus) from West Australia 

 and the third, Helodes, with 3 species, is confined to Tasmania, 

 fH. at/>itiso)ii, australis, and inaculatus.) 



The LymexylonidcB is anothei' small family Avith a very 

 limited distribution in Australia, there behig only one genus 

 and species ( Atractocerus kreuslercej confined to South 

 Australia and another ( Lymexyloii australej confined to 

 Tasmania. 



The Tenebrionidce are a large family, with 127 genera and 

 530 s])ecies in Australia and 'J asmania of which 24 genera 

 and 39 species are found in the latter, 4 genera and 32 species 

 being pecuhar. The genus Cotulades is divided between 

 Tasmania, with 2 species, (C. fascicularis and funerosa), 

 and Northern and Western Australia which have one species 

 in common fC. leucopsela). The great majority of the 

 species, though peculiar to tlie Island, are representatives of 

 genera widely distributed on the continent, most of the larger 

 genera having representatives in Tasmania. 



The PythidcB are represented by one genus and species 

 confined to Tasmania ( Lissolema hybridumj. 



The Curculionidcp form a large and important family in 

 Austraha, which, with Tasmania, has 316 genera and 1274 

 species, with 42 genera and 77 species in the latter to which 

 8 genera and 73 species are peculiar. This family is thus the 

 largest in point of numbers in both Australia and Tasmania. 

 A very large number of forms have been described from 

 Western Australia and very few from Victoria which is only 

 credited with, as yet. 31 genera and 58 species, a considerably 

 lesser number than is recorded for Tasmania. Of the 38 

 genera common to the latter and the Continent, not one-half 

 are recorded for Victoria ; in fact New South Wales has 24, 

 Queensland 21, South and Western Australia each 18 and 

 Victoria 16 genera common to Tasmania. Of species, 4 are 

 common to Victoria and Tasmania, 2 to New South Wales 

 and Tasmania, 4 to South Australia and Tasmania and no 

 no fewer than 73 are peculiar to the Island, though when 

 Victorian forms are well described this number will doubtless 

 be much lessened. 



We now come to the important family Cerambycidce which 

 includes the Longicorn beetles. These, like the Laraelli- 

 cornes, are attractive insects and have hence been widely 



