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TvHicli the surface is longitudinally concave. This appearance- 

 is probably caused by the drying up of the soft body, as it is- 

 not symmetrical in any of my specimens but it is strongly 

 marked in all the females and absent in the male. The seg- 

 ment in the female corresponding to the penultimate in the 

 male is semicircularly and rather narrowly incised in the- 

 middle, and a strong tooth projects from the hinder edge of 

 the incision, the cavity formed by this incisiou being filled up 

 by an elongate organ which I take to be the ovipositor and 

 which scarcely protrudes beyond the end of the segment. 

 These insects might be referred to the genus Ichthyurus were- 

 it not for the total incompatibility of their sexual characters. 



The fourth species described below {T. pauxUlus) has quite 

 the facies of a true Telepliorus, but is not likely to retain its- 

 place there when the Australian species come to be dealt with 

 en masse by a competent authority. Its tibiae are devoid of 

 any distinct apical spine, and the last joint of its maxillary 

 palpi is not securiform but oval, with the apex truncate ; and 

 is very much wider, and considerably longer, than the pre- 

 ceding joint. I do not observe any other very notable differ- 

 ence from Telepliorus, but have not dissected a specimen. I 

 may add the remark concerning the Australian species in 

 general attributed to TelepJioi^us that their place there seems- 

 to me only provisional, T. pulchellics, W. S. Macleay, for ex- 

 ample, having tibiae devoid of apical spines, peculiar maxillary 

 palpi, and sexual organs, &c. 



T. proprms, sp. nov. (mas). Parce pubescens ; testaceus ;: 

 capite postice, palpis antennis, pedibus (femoribus basi 

 exceptis), metasterno et abdominis segmentis postice, 

 piceis vel piceo-nigris ; elytris cyaneo-nigris, hand nitidis,, 

 confuse subgranulatis ; antennis corpore vix brevioribus. 

 Eeminae capite toto nigro, elytris antice subnitidis ; an- 

 tennis corpore evidenter brevioribus. Long. 3 — Si 1. 



The thorax is widest in front, and is gently and roundly nar- 

 rowed to the base, with all its angles rounded off. It is slightly 

 wider than long ; its surface is smooth and shining, but some- 

 what (and undefinedly) uneven. Especially there appears to 

 be a vague depression in the middle, the central part of which 

 is roundly protuberant, and there are some indistinct depres- 

 sions and calli about the sides. On the elytra a scarcely trace- 

 able costa runs from the shoulder towards the hinder part of 

 the suture. In the male the elytra are nearly opaque at the 

 base, and become quite so towards the apex. In the female 

 they are subnitid about the base and opaque behind. The sur- 

 face is subgranulate or coarsely coriaceous ; more coarsely in 

 front than behind. The difference in colour between the male 



