142 M. Marc Micheli on some Recent 



geris ; scutello distincto ; elytris ovatis, rufo-piceis, maculatim 

 silaceo-squamosis, sulcato-punctatis, puuctis elongatis, subremotis, 

 interstitiis leviter carinulatis, humeris baud prominulis, apice 

 rotundatis ; eorpore infra pedibusque piceis, vage squamigero- 

 punctatis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. South Australia. 



Melanterius cinnamomeus. 



M. ovalis, rufo-ferrugineus, squamosus ; rostro tenui, sequaliter 

 punctulato ; antennis testaeeis ; protborace subtrans verso, iitrin- 

 que rotundato, crebre punctulato, punctis unisquamigeris ; scu- 

 tello scutiformi ; elytris subtrigonatis, sulcato-punctatis, inter- 

 stitiis latis, subplanatis ; eorpore infra pedibusque disperse niveo- 

 squamosis. Long. 2^ lin. 



Hah. Champion Bay. 



These are two very distinct species, differing in sculpture 

 and coloration from the three hitherto described. 



MeJanterius servulus. 



M. niger, subnitidus ; rostro ferrugineo, nitido ; antennis rufo- 

 testaceis ; protborace creberrime punctulato ; elytris sulcatis, 

 punctis elongatis angustis impressis, interstitiis fortiter carinatis 

 ex fere impunctatis ; eorpore infra nitido, remote squamoso- 



. punctato ; pedibus ferrugineis, squamulis filiformibus argenteis 

 adspersis. Long. 1| lin. 



Hah. King George's Sound. 



Allied to M. 2)orcatns, Er., but smaller, the pro thorax very 

 closely punctured, the intervals forming a sort of reticulation, 

 and the elytra with long narrow punctures in their grooves. 



XVIII. — On some Recent Researches in Vegetahle Physiology. 

 By M. Marc Micheli*. 



In the present state of our knowledge we can scarcely expect 

 brilliant discoveries or works to make a great noise in the 

 world. This may be the case in the infancy of a science ; but 

 the task which we have to fulfil is essentially different. Our 

 predecessors have laid down the great principles ; and in a 

 general way we may say that science rests upon firm and solid 

 bases which nothing can overturn. What remains for us is 

 deep and minute investigation ; we must not neglect any de- 

 tail, however minute it may appear. It is only by following 

 this course, which is perhaps more arid and which, from afar, 



* Translated by W. S. Dallas, F.L.S., from the ' Bibliotheque Univer- 

 selle, Archives des Sciences, '.tome xlii. pp. 105-134, October 1871. 



