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of wLicli present no satisfactory difference from eacli otlier;, 

 and might very possibly have been founded on a mature and 

 an immature specimen of tbe same species. That Dr. Bois- 

 daval committed sucli errors is well known, as witness M- 

 Lacordaire's note (Gren. des Coleopteres, v. p. 414) that' 

 FochycoeJia siilcicollis, Boisd., and Ilelops sidGicollis, Boisd. 

 (described separately, 20 pages apart, in the Yoy. de- 

 I'Astrolabe) are the same insect. As M. Blessig was the first 

 to furnish a satisfactory description of this insect, I think that 

 if my suggested explanation be accepted, his name should 

 stand and that the insect should henceforth be known as- 

 Meneristes Australis, Boisd. I may add that M. Blessig 

 (without giving a new generic name) furnishes excellent 

 characters to distinguish Ileneristes from Tenehrio and- 

 IlenepTiilus. 



MELANDYEID.^. 

 TEMNOPALPUS, gen. nov. 

 Antennae ll-articulat?e, leviter clavata?, clava 5 articulata ;; 

 palporum maxiUarium articuli 1-3 serrati, articulus 4"^ 

 magnus, cultriformis ; caput sat declive ; tarsorum ungues 

 simplices ; cox?e anteriores contigu?e prominulse. 

 The above mentioned characters will differentiate this genus 

 from the rest of the family. The following particulars, how- 

 ever, should be added : — Labrum sub-truncate in front ; apical 

 joint of maxillary palpi nearly equal in length to all the pre- 

 ceding together ; mandibles deeply bifid at apex ; eyes entire ; 

 penultimate joint of tarsi sub-bilobed, the basal and apical 

 joint of all nearly equal to each other, the intermediate joints 

 together being a little shorter in the hind, a little longer in 

 the front and intermediate tarsi than either the basal or apical 

 joint. The marginal line of the prothorax is excessively 

 slender. 



T. licolor, sp. nov. Minus elongatus ; pubescens ; fortius nee 

 crebre punctulatus ; niger ; capite subtus in medio, labro, 

 oris membris, mandibulis basi, prothorace, et pedibus 

 (femoribus intermediis et posticis exceptis) rufis ; pro-^ 

 thorace lateribus rotundato, antice posticeque subtruncato. 

 Long. 1|1. 

 The antennse are equal in length to the head and prothorax 

 together. The basal joint is globular and rather large ; joints two 

 to six do not differ much among themselves in size (3 being how- 

 ever the longest) but are all shorter and considerably narrower 

 than the basal joint ; the length of none of them except 3 is 

 greater than the width ; joints seven to ten are all moderately 

 transverse, equal among themselves, and moderately wider than. 



