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Feminse prothoracis lateribus postice fortiter emarginatis, 

 capite antice fere pequaliter rotundato, tibiis anticis minus 

 gracilibus extus tridentatis. Long., 2J — 24 1. ; lat., 1J 1. 

 (vix). 



The markings on the elytra resemble those of Aphodius sus, 

 Fabr., but are on the non-costate interstices. 



The species may perhaps be placed in the genus not far from 

 A. sus ; it is allied to A. lindensis, Blackb., which is founded on 

 a female example, the male probably presenting characters 

 similar to those of the present insect. The mesosternum is 

 gently carinate. The prothorax is almost without trace of a 

 basal margin and the lateral margin is not continued along the 

 edge of the emarginate portion of the prothorax in the female 

 (in lindensis this emarginate portion is margined). 



Victoria ; Black Spur ; also sent by Mr. J. A. Kershaw, of 

 Melbourne. 



PROCTAMMODES. 



P. minor, sp. nov. Subovalis ; nitidus ; niger, palpis tarsisque 

 plus minusve rufescentibus ; capite subtilius crebre (in 

 medio magis sparsim) haud rugulose punctulato, paullo pone 

 marginem anticum obtuse gibbo (hoc antice emarginato) ; 

 prothorace leviter transverso, postice canaliculato, fortiter 

 minus crebre punctulato ; elytris crenato-striatis, interstitiis 

 convexis sparsim subtiliter punctulatis ; tibiis anticis extus 

 tridentatis. Long., 14 1. ; lat., i 1. 



Much like P. scnlptus, Hope, but notably smaller, with the 

 head much more sparsely, finely, and smoothly punctulate and 

 having its surface even except that it is feebly and obtusely 

 gibbous in the middle behind the base of the clypeus. This 

 genus is most easily distinguished from Aphodius by the basal 

 joint of its front tarsi being the longest joint, reaching almost to 

 the apex of the apical spur of the tibia. In this character it 

 resembles Atcenius but differs from the latter inter alia by the 

 structure of the hind tibiie being of the Aphodius type. 



Victoria ; several localities ; also sent by Mr. J. A. Kershaw. 



DIPHUCEPHALA. 



D. Kershawi, sp. nov. Mas. Viridis, antennis (clava nigra 

 excepta) testaceis, tarsis cyaneis ; breviter minus perspicue 

 setosa ; capite prothoraceque confertim subtiliter punctul- 

 atis et reticulatim subtiliter areolatis ; illo sat piano antice 

 recurvo et profunde emarginato, angulis anticis extrorsum 

 paullo directis ; prothorace quam longiori paullo (ut 8 ad 7) 

 latiori, longitudinaliter et trans versim late sat profunde 

 sulcato (sulco longitudinali postice haud bifido, transverso 



