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clricus quam elytra parum angustior, lobis ocularibus nullis ; 

 scutellum manifestum ; prosternum antice fortiter emargin- 

 atum, ante ooxas modice elongatum ; coxa' intermediie minus 

 approximatse ; femora mutica ; tibiae antica? ad apicem intus 

 mucronatse ; tarsi robusti sat elongati, articulo 3° fortiter 

 bilobo, 4° quam ceteri conjuncti baud multo breviori ; 

 unguiculi divaricati ; segmentum ventrale 2"" quam 3""" 4''"' 

 que conjuncta vix longius, ultimum sat breve, suturis inter- 

 mediis sat rectis. 

 This genus is remarkable for the extreme coarseness of the 

 scales with which it is clothed. Its structural characters are in 

 general very similar to those of Empira (a genus that I do not 

 think I have seen), but Mr. Pascoe says that the rostrum of 

 Empira is exceptionally thick for an Erirhinid, and that its 

 facies is of Hypera rather than Erirhinus : whereas the rostrum 

 and facies of this genus are entirely Erirhinics-like, so I think 

 there can be no doubt of the distinctness of the genera. Mr. 

 Pascoe, moreover, does not refer to the scales of Empira as being 

 coarse — a character that it would seem impossible that he could 

 have passed over if he had had this genus before him. It may 

 be noted that this genus bears a remarkable superficial resem- 

 blance to an uncharacterised genus, which on account of its 

 dentate claws cannot be referred to the Erirhinince, and which 

 I hope to characterise shortly. 



E. ruber, sp. nov. Rufus, abdomine (segmento apicali excepto) 

 infuscato ; squamis crassissimis subrotundatis (his albis 

 rufescentibusque indeterminate intermixtis) vestitus ; fun- 

 iculi articulo basali quam sequentes 2 vix breviori ; rostro 

 (fem. ?) quam prothorax paullo longiori, punctulato ; pro- 

 thorace vix transverso, crebre subtilius ruguloso ; elytris 

 elongatis leviter ovatis, punctulato-striatis, interstitiis leviter 

 convexis. Long, (rostr. inch). If 1. ; lat., ^ 1. (vix). 

 In outline this species is much like ErirJiinus kmiatns, F. 

 The entire insect is clothed with whitish scales, mingled with 

 some of a reddish tone of colour, but to a casual glance the 

 squamosity appears altogether whitish. 



S. Australia ; Eyre's Peninsula. 

 E. nigrirostris, sp. nov. Pra?cedenti affinis ; capite rostroque 

 nigris (hoc longitudinaliter manifeste strigato), prothorace 

 antennis (scapo excepto) tarsisque picescentibus ; squamis 

 elongatis vestitus. Long., 1^^ 1. ; lat., \ 1. 

 The much smaller size and different colouring of this insect 

 seem to distinguish it from the preceding, and the different 

 shape of its scales, whicli are (not round but) elongate— resemb- 

 ling adpressed seti^ — seems inconsistent with specific identity. 

 S. Australia ; near Adelaide. 



