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of tlic prothorax is even closer and more rugose (tliougli not 

 coarsely so) than in C. Lincli. The eyes are even more promi- 

 nent than in C. Desjardinsil. In other respects resembles the 

 preceding two. 



I have taken a single specimen in Western A'ictoria. 



C. delicatula^ sp. no v. Minus elongata ; sparsim longe pubes- 



cens ; rufo-testacea, pedibus dilutioribus, prothorace 



cuprescente ; antennis gracilibus ; oculis prominulis ; 



capite crebre fortiter, prothorace (quam latiori vix 



longiori) creberrime obscure, puuctulatis : elytris sat 



fortiter punctulato-striatis. Long. 1^1., lat. |1. 



In general form this little species resembles C. Lincli, though 



its elytra are a little narrowed at the base, and consequently 



less pp.rallel. The eyes are almost as prominent as in C. Victories, 



and the head is even more closely and strongly punctured than 



in that species, although the punctures are individually smaller. 



The thoracic puncturation somewhat resembles that of C Lindi, 



but is very much closer and finer. It's comparatively long and 



slender antennae distinguish it from all the other described 



Australian species of the genus. There is some obscure infus- 



cation about the elytra which takes the form of several scarcely 



traceable fasciae crossing the suture at intervals down its length, 



but not nearly reaching the margins. 



Port Lincoln. 



silta:n'us. 



>S'. advena, "Waltl. This widely distributed insect has occur- 

 red to me several times at Port Lincoln, doubtless introduced 

 through the agency of commerce. I have not seen any previ- 

 ous mention of its occurence in Australia. 



>S^. unidentatus, Fab. ? I have taken, both in South Australia 

 and in Victoria, an insect which I should have no hesitation in 

 referring to this species were it not that Mr. Macleay has 

 described a closely allied form under the name S. castaneus, 

 W'hich Mr. Olliffe in his recent " List of the Cucujidcd of Aus- 

 tralia " distinguishes from the cosmopolitan insect by several 

 characters — some of which my examples certainly present. I 

 find that the thorax is decidedly longer and on the sides more 

 sinuated than in average European specimens of /S. unidentafus, 

 also that its anterior angles are more prominent ; but I do not 

 observe the peculiarities of colour and puncturation that Mr. 

 Olliffe mentions as characterising S. castaneus. Among 

 European examples of S. iinidentatus there is some tendency 

 to variation in length of the thorax, and in Hawaiian speci- 

 mens (which Dr. Sharp confirms me in referring to this species) 

 the thorax is certainly longer than in ordinary types, and there 

 is a tendency to other variety, such as some elongation of the 



