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A. longipes, sp. nov., Mas. Ovata ; sat nitida; tota setis bre- 

 vissimis adpressis sat aequaliter minus crebre vestita ; 

 opaca ; rufo-ferrugiriea, pedibus rubris ; clypeo antice sat 

 reflexo ; prothorace quam longiori ut 9 ad oA latiori, an- 

 tice minus angustato, lateribus modice arcuatis, angulis 

 anticis vix acutis parum productis posticis subrotundatis, 

 basi haud marginata utrinque sat fortiter sinuata ; scu- 

 tello sat elongate triangulari ; elytris stria subsuturali 

 impressis, interstitiis 4 laevibus ornatis ; tarsorum posti- 

 corum articulo basali quam 2"« sat breviori : segmento 

 ventrali apicali perbrevi, postice haud emarginato. 

 Long., 5 1. : lat. 2f 1. 



This being the typical species of the genus, it is unneces- 

 sary to repeat, in describing it, the characters already cited 

 in the generic diagnosis. With the exception of the subsu- 

 tural stria of the elytra the whole dorsal and under-surface 

 of the body is devoid of sculpture other than the remark- 

 ably evenly-distributed punctures, in which the setae are in- 

 serted, and which are only visible when the setas have been 

 removed. The setas are extremely short, closely adpressed, 

 and somewhat coarse. 



Western Australia. Given to me by Mr. Jung. 



SERICOIDES. 

 Caulobius. 



C. (Ocnodus) ftrruyineus, Blackb. (Tr.R.S.S.A., vol. 

 xvi., p. 28). This species, attributed by me with an ex- 

 pression of much doubt to Ocnodus, must be transferred to 

 Caulobius. In my tabulation of distinctive characters of the 

 species of Caulobius (loc. cit., 1906, p. 288), C. ferrugineus 

 falls beside C. punctulatus, Blackb., from which it may be 

 distinguished as follows : — 



D. Elytrai interstices quite strongly con- 

 vex ... ... ... ... ... punctnlatns, Blacl:h. 



DD. Elytrai interstices not convex ... ferrugineus, Blackb. 



As the type of this species is unique and belongs to the 

 S.A. Museum, I have not been able to subject it to the mani- 

 pulation necessary to arrive at certainty as to the number 

 of joints in its antennae; I am, however, almost sure that 

 they are nine in number. 



Haplonycha. 

 //. Gri^thi, sp. nov., Fem. Sat elongata : ovata: subnitida; 

 rufa, elytris antennis palpisque testaceo-brunneis : leviter 

 iridescens : corpore subtus pedibusque longe pilosis ; pal- 

 porum maxillarium articulo 3'^ quam 2"^ et quam 4"^ 

 sat breviori; antennis 9-articulatis, articulo 4^^ quam 3"s 



