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and less evenly distributed sculpture which is so disposed on the 
prothorax as to leave some large nitid protuberant spaces devoid 
of punctures, also by its prothorax being much less strongly 
transverse and being very evidently narrowed in front, also by 
there being only one frontal tubercle and the prothorax being 
deeply channelled down the middle, also by the elytra having 
about ten coste, of which the alternate ones are the stronger 
(the somewhat coarse puncturation of the elytra not being inter- 
rupted by the cost these latter are less conspicuous than they 
would be otherwise). The totally different sculpture of the pro- 
thorax inter alia distinguishes this species from C. Westwoodi, 
Thoms. 
Victoria ; in mountainous parts; taken by Mr. E. Giles. 
CRY PTOPHAGID i. 
TELMATOPHILUS. 
The following four species, although not very closely allied as 
species, seem to present no structural differences inconsistent 
with their being placed together generically. They are all sub- 
pentamerous clavicorns, and my own inclination was to refer 
them or at any rate most of them to the Hrotylide. Feeling, 
however, some hesitation as so their true place I forwarded 
examples of the first described to my friend Dr. Sharp, of Cam- 
bridge, to whose obliging readiness in giving me his judgment I 
was already under many obligations. Dr. Sharp tells me that 
the specimens I submitted to him may certainly be treated as 
congeneric with the N. Zealand Zelmatophilus nitens, Shp. He, 
however, points out that in this determination he does not differ 
much from my view of the matter as he regards the Hrotylide 
and Cryptophagide as incapable of satisfactory distinction. 
There is no higher authority than Dr. Sharp, as all Coleopterists 
know; I consider myself very fortunate in having been able to 
obtain his opinion. 
T. Sharpi, sp.nov. Oblongus; modice convexus ; nitidus; setis 
subtilibus singulis minus elongatis e puncturis  singulis 
orientibus vestitus; rufo-testaceus, capite prothorace et 
elytrorum plagis sat magnis nonnullis plus minusve infusca- 
tis, exemplorum nonnullorum antennarum clava_ paullo 
infuscata ; capite convexo sat «quali, cum prothorace sat 
fortiter vix crebre punctulato; hoc sat fortiter tranverso, 
antice vix angustato, ad basin late sublobato, ante basin 
transversim fortiter sulcato, lateribus sat arcuatis ante basin 
manifeste sinuatis, angulis posticis acute rectis; elytris 
leviter (striis lateralibus fortiter impressis exceptis) striatis, 
seriatim punctulatis, puncturis in striis crebris, interstitiis 
