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antennse. Taking all these considerations into account I do 

 not think that the specimens before me should be treated as 

 specifically distinct from S. unidenfatus, Eab., and it would 

 appear that they are certainly not in all respects similar to 

 those which Mr. Olliffe speaks of under the name S. castaneus, 

 Macl. 



CKYPTOPHAGIDiE. 

 CETPTOPHAGTJS. 



C. qffinis, Sturm? (var. ? Australis), Brevis; sub-ov^atus ; con- 

 vexus ; pube sat longa vestitus ; ferrugineus ; elytris sub- 

 dilutioribus obscure f usco-notatis ; prothorace dense punc- 

 tato, lateribus bidentatis, dente anterior! obtusiusculo. 

 Long. 1 1. 



This little representative of a genus not hitherto recorded, 

 T believe, as occurring in Australia is so extremely close to the 

 European G. affinis that I hesitate to treat it as a distinct 

 species, all the more since Cryptopliagios is a genus very liable 

 to be disseminated through the channels of commerce ; at the 

 same time it presents tangible characters that entitle it to be 

 named as being at least a localised variety. Compared with 

 affinis it is slightly wider and shorter, and the anterior lateral 

 projection of the thorax is evidently (though not very much) 

 less strongly developed. The sixth, seventh, and eighth joints 

 of the antennae also appear a little more slender as compared 

 with the preceding joints than they are in affinis, and there is 

 a little obscure infuscation about the elytra of most specimens, 

 forming an obsolete triangle about the scutellum (discernible 

 still more faintly in some examples of affinis) and a scarcely 

 traceable fascia across the middle of the elytra (not at all 

 indicated in,any of my specimens of affinis). 



I have met with this species near Adelaide, and also in the 

 Port Lincoln district. 



LATHEIDIID.E. 

 MONOTOMA. 



M. rufa, Eedt. I have a specimen taken by me at Port Lin- 

 coln, which I am unable to distinguish from European examples 

 of this insect. It is, however, extremely small, measuring 

 barely one line in length, and the antennse appear a little 

 elongate, so that it is just possible it may be a distinct closely 

 allied species. The genus Monotonia has not, I think, been 

 previously recorded as occurring in Australia. 



LATHEIDIUS. 



L. nodifer, Westw. This ubiquitous insect has not, so far 

 as I know, been mentioned hitherto as Australian. At any rate 



