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either side o£ wkich coarse punctures run in two lines, tlie 

 puncturation outside tliese being confused. On the thorax the 

 smooth convex discal space is very broad, and the lines of 

 punctures on either side of it consist of about 15 fine but 

 strong punctures, and are scarcely eonfused with the lateral 

 puncturation, which is strong, moderately close, uniform, and 

 sublinear in its distribution. Although my specimens appear 

 to be male and female, I cannot detect any sexual characters 

 apart from the shape of the head. 



Taken by E. Meyrick, Esq., in Western Australia. 



TEOGOPHLiEFS. 



T. paludicola,si^.iioy. Elongatus; gracilis; sat nitidus; minus 



pubescens ; piceus ; antennis (basin versus) pedibus 



elytrisque obscure rufescentibus ; antennis sat elongatis 



(capiti prothoracique conjunctis longitudine aequalibus) 



apicem versus paullo incrassatis ; capite prothoraceque 



alutaceis ; hoc subquadrato, postice leviter angustato, 



disco subinaequali ; elytris abdomineque subtilissime con- 



fertissirae punctulatis ; illis prothorace multo longioribus. 



Long., lf-2 mm. 



This species closely resembles the European T. tenellus, Er. 



Compared with it the colour of the elytra and legs is much 



darker, the head wider, and the thorax less narrowed behind 



and considerably less distinctly punctured, the puncturation 



being so fine and close that the punctures are individually 



scarcely distinguishable, and hence the thorax has a much 



duller appearance than that of tenellus. 



A few specimens occurred at the "Big Swamp," twelve miles 

 west of Port Lincoln. 



ELEDIUS. 



B. Adelaides, sp. nov. Eobustus ; sat nitidus; minus pubes- 

 cens ; niger ; prothorace et elytris rufo-piceis, his apice 

 antennis pedibusque rufis ; antennis brevibus apicem 

 versus fortius incrassatis ; oculis magnis capitis basin 

 attingentibus ; capite prothoraceque alutaceis ; hoc f ortiter 

 convexo subcirculari, postice angustato, disco obscure bi- 

 impresso ; elytris subtiliter crebre, abdomine subtilissime 

 creberrime, punctatis ; illis prothorace sat longioribus. 

 Long., 2-2-2t mm. 

 The antenna of this species are almost exactly like those of 

 JB.phy to sinus, Eauv. The puncturation of its elytra very closely 

 resembles that of the same part in TrocjopliJcEus corticimts, Er., 

 but is slightly finer and smoother. The well-marked red apical 

 margin of the elytra is a very distinctive character. 



Taken in the neighbourhood of Adelaide by Mr. E. H. Pul- 

 leine. 



