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ACALLES. 



A. ruhetra, Er. The type of this species differs from European 

 species of Acalles {e.g., rohoris, Curtis) inter alia by its hind 

 femora being very strongly and suddenly claviform in their apical 

 portion, the dilatation entirely on the upper outline. Its general 

 characters are as follows : — SimiUr to Crypt, solidus in respect of 

 the first four characters attributed above to that species — third 

 tarsal joint dilated and bilobed ; metasterum very short, its 

 epimera not distinctly visible ; femora unarmed, somewhat sulcate 

 or at least flattened beneath (not evenly convex as in Poro2)terus) ; 

 the basal two ventral segments with a strong common longitudinal 

 median sulcus in which the first ventral suture is eff'aced ; pectoral 

 canal not quite reaching back to the level of the front part of the 

 intermediate coxae ; elytra tuberculate ; scutellum invisible. 



ANTHRIBID.E. 



CACEPHATUS. 



C. sericeus, Blackb. This species was taken in Victoria. The 

 record of the place of capture was omitted when the insect was 

 described (T.R.S., S.A., 1900, p. 152). 



TROPIDERES. 



• T. musivus, Er. I have the type of this species before me- 

 There is no need to add anything to its author's excellent descrip. 

 tion from a specific point of view. I do not think, however, that 

 it can stand as a Tropicleres, inter alia on account of its antennae 

 so long as to reach the base of the elytra and its small widely 

 separated eyes. In my tabulation of the genera of Australian 

 Anthribidce (Tr. R.S., S.A., 1900, p. 143) it stands beside 

 Cacephatus, — its antennae however being scarcely longer than the 

 head and prothorax together. I cannot, however, refer it to 

 that genus on account of its depressed form, its anterior coxae 

 quite widely separated from each other, its eyes comparatively 

 small and widely separated from each other, and its much longer 

 and narrower rostrum not forming with the head a continuous 

 plane surface. Its depressed form and style of markings are very 

 suggesti^•e of my Entromus dorsoplagiatus with which (loc. cit.) 

 I conjectured that it might be congeneric ; but iriter alia inulta 

 its entirely diff'erent antennae and rostral scrobes show that con- 

 jecture to have been very wide of the mark. I regard it as the 

 type of an undescribed genus. 



LONGICORNES. 



PHACODES. 



JP. modicus, sp. nov. Subelongatus ; sat robustus ; obscure fer- 

 rugineus, piceo - variegatus, antennis (articulorum apice 



