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Remarkably like Cydmea diversa, Blackb., but at once dis- 
tinguishable from that species by its claws being (not divaricate, 
but) divergent. All the examples that I have seen are closely 
scaled and present the appearance of a smoky-black surface 
confusedly and somewhat variably mottled with whitish. On 
the prothorax the whitish scales generally form three fairly well- 
defined vittz, and the scales of the under surface are entirely 
whitish. The sculpture of the prothorax and elytra (except the 
elytral striz) is entirely hidden by squamosity. 
Victoria ; sent by Mr. French; examples from Sydney (Mr. 
Lea) seem quite identical. 
£. eruditus ; sp. nov. Preecedenti affinis ; minor ; minus latus ; 
squamis albidis in elytris versus apicem condensatis et 
signaturam communem literam V simulantem (hac ab 
humeris ad suturam mediam extensa) formantibus. Long. 
(rostr. incl.), 12; lat., 2 1. 
The distinct pattern formed by the scales on the elytra (which 
do not seem at all possibly a mere variation of the marks of the 
preceding species), together with a manifest difference in size and 
build, satisfy me that this is a good species. The extremities of 
the arms of the V-like mark on the elytra touch the shoulders, 
while the apex rests on the suture at about its middle. 
N.S. Wales ; near Sydney. 
OMOROPHIUS (gen. nov. Hrirhininarum ). 
Corpus sqamis parvis adpressis dense vestitum; rostrum sat 
gracile valde elongatum, arcuatum, nitidum, subcylindricum, 
supra sparsim punctulatum, vix strigatum; scrobes sub- 
mediane laterales; scapus oculum attingens; funiculus 
7-articulatus; oculi grosse granulati; prothorax parvus 
leviter transversus, basi subtruncata, lobis ocularibus nullis ; 
scutellum minutum ; elytra quam prothorax multa latiora, 
ovalia ; prosternum antice emarginatum, ante coxas modice 
elongatum ; cox intermediz inter se approximate ; femora 
mutica; tibiz antice vix mucronate; tarsorum articuli 
basales 2 sat breves (2° quam 1* breviori), 3° alte bilobo, 4° 
quam ceteri conjuncti vix breviori ; unguiculi divergentes ; 
segmenta ventralia 3" 4°" que conjuncta quam 2" sub- 
longiora, ultimo sat brevi. 
This genus is near Gerynassa, but differs from it inter alia by 
the much longer claw-joint of the tarsi, the much longer rostrum, 
and much shorter second joint of the funiculus. 
O. seriatus, sp. nov. Ferrugineus, rostro (nonnullorum exem- 
plorum) antennarum clava et unguiculis infuscatis ; squamis 
pallide fulvis et nonnullis albis vestitus; rostro (feminze) 
quam prothorax duplo longiori; antennis modicis, funiculi 
