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antrorsum arcuatim convergentibus; scutello angusto ; 
elytris striato-punctulatis, puncturis sat magnis, interstitiis 
sat angustis minus distincte granulatis, humeris parum 
prominulis. lLong., 4 1.; lat., 2 1. 
Not unlike the preceding in form and sculpture, but differing 
in several characters and in the colouring. The head and ros- 
trum are black, the prothorax is dark-red, with the sides blackish, 
the elytra are dark-red, variegated with black, which forms 
irregular blotches. The antenne are reddish, with the basal 
joint shining black, the legs red, more or less variegated with 
black, the under-surface black. The rostrum is markedly longer 
and narrower than that of the preceding species. The scales of 
the upper-surface are thinly, inconspicuously, and somewhat 
evenly distributed, and are slender and seta-like. The variegated 
colours of the derm render this species a conspicuous one. The 
mesosternum is distinctly, but not very strongly, prominent. 
Victoria; taken by Mr. Froggatt near Bendigo. 
ERIRHININI. 
In part XIV. of this series of memoirs I expressed the inten- 
tion of furnishing in this present part a tabulated statement of 
the distinctive characters of the Erirhinid genera known to be 
Australian. J regret exceedingly that it has proved impossible 
to carry out the intention in a fully satisfactory manner owing to 
difficulty in obtaining definite information about several of the 
imperfectly described genera of Mr. Pascoe. Under these circum- 
stances, and in view of the need there is for a comprehensive 
treatise on these insects, I have thought it best to adhere to my 
intention of laying such a treatise before the Society, in spite of 
the knowledge that I may have wrongly identified some of Mr. 
Pascoe’s genera, and that consequently the synonymy of my work 
may very probably have to undergo more or less correction even- 
tually. At present the descriptions of the Australian Hrirhinina 
are scattered through a multitude of memoirs, and are many of 
them extremely defective in character. The only attempt that 
has been made at a comprehensive treatment even of the genera 
consists in a tabulation published by Mr. Pascoe in the ‘Annals 
and Magazine of Nat. Hist.” for 1872, dealing with only about 
two-thirds of the genera now known, including a number of 
genera that Mr. Pascoe afterwards stated he had erroneously 
located in the group, and dividing the group into sections, of some 
of which Mr. Pascoe himself said (perfectly correctly, I think) 
‘they cannot be maintained satisfactorily, as some of the genera 
might be placed in either of them.” That I have not succeeded 
in arriving at certainty in the identification of some of Mr. 
Pascoe’s genera is not due to any carelessness or want of effort on 
