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The sliglitness of tlie impression of t"he frontal fovese, and 

 tlie confusion of the dorsal series of thoracic punctures with 

 the lateral punctures are unusual in this genus, but I can dis- 

 cover no other character to separate this insect from typical 

 Leptacimis of Avhich it has perfectly the facie s. 



Taken rarely near Port Lincoln. 



P.EDEKID.E. 



LATHEOBIUM. 



L. Adelaides, sp. nov. Parallelus, parcius pubescens, sat niti- 

 dus, ferrugineus, abdominis segmentis 1-5 apice infuscatis ; 

 antennis sat gracilibus, elongatis, articulis 2, 4, 5, 6 sub- 

 iequalibus ; oculis parvis ; capite quadrate fortiter nee 

 crebre punctate ; prothorace vix elongate, disco utrinque 

 punctorum serie sulculo impressa externe spatio laevi 

 secuta notato, lateribus confuse subtiliter punctatis ; ely- 

 tris prothorace sat longioribus subtiliter lineato-punctatis ; 

 abdoraine vix distincte punctate. Long., 5-5^mm. 

 The generic position of this insect is perhaps a little doubt- 

 ful, as the first joint of the hind tarsi is decidedly (though 

 only very slightly) longer than the second. In respect of its 

 dilated front tarsi and other characters it agrees very well 

 with LatTirolium. Two specimens (both female) have occurred 

 near Adelaide. 



SCIMBALIUM. 



S. agreste, sp. nov. Minus depressnm ; piceo-nigrum ; antennis, 

 palpis, pedibus et sutura ruf escentibus ; antennis elongatis, 

 ad basin elytrorum attingentibus ; prothorace capiteque 

 nitidis, hoc longiore quam latiore, subparallelo, inter an- 

 tennarum basin depresso, antice sparsim fortiter postice 

 densius subtilius duplo punctate ; illo longiore quam 

 latiore, antice parum angustato, sat dense duplo punctate 

 (subtiliter et multo subtilius), linea longitudinali angusta 

 Igevi ; elytris minus nitidis, thorace quinta parte longiori- 

 bus et latioribus, dense nee fortiter punctatis, sutura 

 elevata ; abdomine parum nitido, crebre subtilissime punc- 

 tato. Maris segmento 6° subtus medio arcuatim emargi- 

 nato, utrinque minus fortiter emarginato, iucisuris later- 

 alibus dense nigro-ciliatis, 7° profunde incise. Long., 

 11-12 mm. 

 This species is evidently near S. duplopunctatum, Fauv., from 

 which it differs inter alia in having its elytra proportionately 

 longer (the suture beiug quite red and rather strongly elevated), 

 and in the sexual characters (the male having the apex of the 

 sixth ventral segment quite strongly emarginate in the middle, 

 while there is also a shallow emarcrination on either side fur- 



