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TYPHOCESIS. 
T. adspersa, sp. nov. Brunnea, capite prothoraceque obscuriori- 
bus, elytris dilutioribus, squamis piliformibus niveis (his in 
prothorace plus minusve lineatim, in elytris ut macule 
numerosz minute et fascia linearis vix antemediana, in 
abdominis segmentis singulis ut fascia apicalis, in partibus 
ceteris disperse, dispositis) vestita; setis gracilibus erectis 
vel suberectis sparsim instructa ; capite obscure punctulato ;. 
prothorace supra sat deplanato, grosse ruguloso (exempli 
typici disco hic illic quasi ab indumento sculpturam tegenti 
instructo), lateribus in medio fere parallelis apicem versus 
rotundato - angustatis pone medium subito fortiter arcu 
emarginatis (sicut certo adspectu pone medium dens magna 
videtur); elytris ad basin rectis, basin versus sat crebre 
fortius rugulose (retrorsum gradatim magis sparsim magis 
obsolete) punctulatis, lateribus postice gradatim leviter con- 
vergentibus, apice singulatim rotundato - subacuminato, 
humeris rotundatis subcallosis. Long., 73 1.; lat., 24 1. 
The specimen described is evidently a male, its antenne being 
considerably longer than the body, but they are devoid of the 
cilize with which in the other species of the genus the basal joints 
of the male antenne are clothed ; joints 3-7 are armed with a 
fine spine at their apex. There is a second specimen evidently a 
female of the same species, as its antennez are scarcely longer 
than the body, but it differs from the example described in being 
entirely black, but with exactly similar snow-white scales simi- 
larly disposed. It differs from the described specimen also in its 
prothorax being evenly rugulose instead of having some of the 
rugulosities on the disc obliterated by what looks like (but is 
not) patches of some extraneous indumentum. The markings on 
the elytra are almost absolutely the same as those on the elytra 
of Zygocera pruinosa, Boisd., the post-median fascia however 
being absent and the anterior fascia running from the suture 
obliquely hindward instead of forward. 
N. Queensland ; forwarded by Mr. French. 
ISCHIOPLITES. 
I. metutus, Pasc. Mr. French of Melbourne has forwarded to 
me two examples, which he tells me were taken in N. Queens- 
land, of an insect that seems to agree perfectly with the descrip- 
tion of this species. It is possible that a comparison with the 
type might reveal differences but I can find none to distinguish 
it from the description, which is a fairly detailed one. 
ILLENA. 
This genus is an enigma to the Australian coleopterist. I 
