row. The surface is quite distinctly, ttiougli very sTiallowly, 

 sulcate, with the interstices rather strongly convex, the sulci 

 faintly but not finely punctured. 



The fore tibiae have three small teeth above the two large 

 ones. 



This insect must be closely allied to E. angulatus, Macl., but 

 is only about two-thirds of its size, and evidently has the 

 elytra very differently sculptured, as they are distinctly sulcate 

 to the naked eye, while in angulatus they are said to be " finely 

 striated when examined under a lens." 



Ouldea, S. Australia. 



TACHYPORID^. 

 CONTJETJS. 



So many of M. Fauvel's species in this genus are undes- 

 cribed but merely compared with some other insect, that there 

 is an inevitable danger of creating confusion in describing new 

 species allied to those of the learned French author. I there- 

 fore pass by for the present several species in my possession 

 which may be identical with some of his, and describe only the 

 following evidently distinct one : — 



C. instalilis, sp. nov. Niger, nitidus, antennarumbasi, palpisque 

 testaceis, pedibus piceis, abdominis segmentis postice 

 rufomarginatis, nonnullis exemplis elytris plus minusve 

 rubis ; antennis elongatis, robustis, sat incrassatis ; 

 prothorace basi latiore quam longiore, antice rotundatim 

 angustato, subtilissime crebrius punctato ; elytris pro- 

 thorace sat longioribus, postice angustatis, seque ac thorax 

 punctatis. Long., 5 mm. 

 In the male the basal joints of the front tarsi are strongly 

 dilated, the apical ventral segment is strongly incised in a tri- 

 angular form, and the preceding segment is emarginate in the 

 middle, the emargination being fringed with golden ciliae. In 

 the female the apical segment terminates dorsally in four 

 lacini^, the upper (middle) ones rather longer than the 

 external, but the incision between them extending backwards 

 not nearly so far as that between them and the latter. 

 Port Lincoln district. 



MYCETOPOErS. 



M.floralis, sp. nov. Nitidus, ferrugineo-rufus, palpis, antennis 

 (basi excepto), pectore, coxis, elytrisque (praeter humeros 

 et angulum apicalem externum) piceis, abdominis segmen- 

 tis plus minusve infuscatis, aureo-pubescentibus ; capite 

 prothoraceque Jsevibus ; elytris prothorace sat longioribus, 

 utrinque apice longitudinaliter foveatis, triseriatim punc- 

 tatis, serie dorsali circiter 10 punctata; abdomine sparsim 

 obscure punctato. Long., G mm. 



