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-scribed by De Marseul under the name Icetus, Er. (Ann. Soc' 

 Ent, Fr., 1853, p. 388) and subsequently (loc. cit., 1859, p. 444) 

 stated by him not to be Erichson's species 



No tabulation has yet been published, I think, of the Aus- 

 tralian species of this genus except that of De Marseul in 1853, 

 where the few Australians then known were placed among their 

 congeners from other countries. In furnishing a tabulated state- 

 ment below of the species known to date I have thought it well 

 to include the whole of the Saprinini in one tabulation, as the 

 three genera other than Saprinus contain only 5 known Aus- 

 tralian species among them. 



Tabulation of the Australian Saprinini. 



A. Front tibiae slender and falciform (Saprinodes) 

 ,AA. Front tibiae of normal form (comprt^ssed, not 

 falciform). 

 B. Head not having a frontal carina. 



C. Elytra with a well defined subsutural stria 

 (Saprinus). 

 D. Prosternum with marginal striae. 



E. Subsutural elytral stria not continuous 

 with fourth dorsal. 

 F. Fourth dorsal stria not, or but feebly, 

 arched at base towards suture. 

 G. Mesosternal stria complete across 



the front of the segment 

 GG. Mesosternal stria non-existent in 

 front 

 FF. Fourth dorsal stria arched at base 

 towards suture. 

 G. Third dorsal stria not, or but little, 

 shorter than second. 

 H. Interstices of the dorsal strife 

 entirely (or for the most part) 

 conspicuously punctulate. 

 I. These interstices entirely punc- 

 tulate (lateral punctured area 

 of pronotum continuous or 

 nearly so) ... 

 IL Interstice between second and 

 third dorsal elytral striae 

 punctured only near base 

 (lateral punctured area of 

 pronotum strongly abbrevia- 

 ted behind) 

 HH. Interstices of dorsal elytral 

 striae punctureless. . . 

 GG. Third dorsal stria of elytra very 

 much shorter than second. 

 H. The fourth dorsal stria shorter 



than third ... 

 HH. The fourth dorsal stria very 

 much longer than third 

 GGG. The four dorsal strias of elytra 

 all elongate 



falcifer, Lewis. 



speciosus, Mars. 

 viridanus, Lewis. 



cyanellus, Mars. 



loestraliensis, Blaokb. 

 tyrrhenus, Blackb. 



cyaneus, Fab. 

 tasmanicus Mars. 

 Australasioif Blackb. 



