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CLERID.^. 

 AULICUS. 



A. porndus, sp. no v. Nitidus ; setis eloiigatis vestitus ; obscure 

 cyaneus, elytris a?neis, antennis palpisque testaceis, pedibus 

 piceis (tibiis tarsisque anticis rufescentibus) ; capite antice 

 crebre postice sparsim punctulato ; prothorace quam longiori 

 vix latiori sparsim punctulato ; elytris crasse (ad basin et ad 

 apicem minus crasse) subseriatim punctulatis transversim 

 fortiter rugulosis. Long., 2f 1. ; lat., ^ 1. 



This species is characterised by small size, unusual colours 

 (general colour cyaneous, elytra of a bright bronzy tone, antennae 

 testaceous, legs piceous), and extremely coarse puncturation of 

 elytra, which is only a little less coarse about the V)ase and apex, 

 and which does not run very distinctly in rows owing to the 

 coarseness of the transverse rugulosity. 



Victoria ; sent to me by Mr. Lower. 



BOSTRYCHID.E. 



XYLOPERTHA. 



X. ccniiria^ sp. nov. Femina (?). Brevis ; cylindrica ; minus 

 nitida ; picea, prothorace elytrisque antice et pedibus rufes- 

 centibus, antennis testaceis ; capite sat elongato, longe setoso, 

 postice longitudinaliter sat crebre strigato ; antennis pro- 

 thorace vix brevioribus ; prothorace elytrorum latitudinequam 

 longiori parum latiori, antice sat angustato, postice sparsius 

 minus subtiliter punctulato, antice crebre granulato-ruguloso 

 tuberculis nonnullis majoribus intermixtis (pnecipue latera 

 versus), utrinque unco supra oculum armato; elytris confertim 

 sat fortiter punctulatis, inter sculpturam fortiter rugatis, 

 postice subito oblique declivibus ; elytrorum parte declivi 

 plana fere circular!, carina circumcincta, aj)ice deorsum 

 producta, sutura utraque carinata et in medio ut spina 

 elongata (hac ad apicem extrorsum curvata) retrorsum 

 producta, humeris la^vibus. Long., If 1.; lat., y^^ 1. 



Viewed from the side this species has a rough resemblance in 

 outline to a dog, the spines protruding from the apical declivity 

 appearing as a single projection, and representing the animal's 

 tail. It is evidently congeneric with the species that I described 

 in Proc. L.S., N.S.W., 1889, pp. 1264, etc., as Xylopertlia^. As I 

 am not sure of the sex of the example before me, and do not see 

 any immediate prospect of obtaining more specimens, I think it 

 is well to describe it, notwithstanding that I think it probably a 

 female (on account of its front tarsi not being clothed witli long 



