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‘the much coarser puncturation of its elytral series. In my tabula- 
tion of the Chalcopterr (P. L.S., N.S.W., 1893, pp. 56, &e.) it 
stands beside C’. rufipes, Macl., from which it differs (as stated 
above) by its elytral puncturation. It is possible that the oblique 
sulcus near the posterior angle on either side of the prothorax 
may be an individual peculiarity of the typical specimen. 
Victoria ; I have no record of the exact locality. 
RHIPIDOPHORID AR. 
EUCTENIA. 
E. occidentalis, sp. nov. Mas. Obscure castanea; subnitida ; 
breviter pubescens; capite supra prothoracem elevato, sub- 
fortiter sat crebre punctulato ; oculis magnis supra et subtus 
subcontiguis ; antennarum articulo basali modico (fere ut 
EL. sericee, Gerst., sed minus dilatato), 2° brevi, 3° quam 
basalis vix breviori, 4° brevi, 5° ramum elongatum emittenti, 
6° ramum etiam longiorem emittenti, 7°—11° ramos inter se 
eequales (sed quam 6' longiores) emittentibus; palporum 
maxillarium articulo apicali quam JZ. sericee longiori et 
graciliori ; prothorace conico, cum elytris crebre aspere sub- 
fortiter (quam J. sericee multo magis fortiter) punctulato, 
basi fortiter (fere ut £. sericee) sinuata, angulis posticis 
acutissimis ; elytris (fere ut JZ. sericew) lineis elevatis 
obsolete instructis; pedibus ut Z. sericee. Long., 441. ; 
lat., 14 1. (vix). 
It is only with extreme hesitation that I refer this species to 
Euctenia. It would seem much more at home in Pelecotomoides 
were it not for the one character of its head being elevated above 
the level of the prothorax (as in Huctenia), a character to which 
Mm. Gerstacker and Lacordaire seem to attribute much im- 
portance. The eyes and antenne are altogether those of a 
Pelecotomoides. It would, perhaps, be better to found a new 
genus for it, but I abstain from doing so on the ground that the 
observation of more species may quite possibly show the eleva- 
tion of the head to be of less than generic importance. In fact, 
I have in my collection examples (unfitted by their condition or 
sex for being types) of several species that seem in respect 
of some character or another to be intermediate between 
Pelecotomoides and Huctenta. 
W. Australia ; Coolgardie (in the 8.A. Museum). 
EVANIOCERA. 
Below will be found descriptions of two new species apper- 
taining to this genus, and notes on a species previously described 
by me. The following tabulation will show the male characters 
of the described species with the exception of one that was des- 
