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D. opacior, sp. nov. Sat longe ovalis ; pube sat brevi erecta 

 vestitus ; ferrugineus ; prothorace transversim subquadrato, 

 sat nitido, sparsim ina^qualiter leviter punctulato, supra 

 inaequali, utrinque iitra margiaem sat fortiter bicostato ; 

 elytris subopacis, subtiliter striatis, striis subtiliter leviter 

 (ultra medium vix manifeste) punctulatis, interstitiis planis 

 coriacais ; segmento ventrali basali in medio oblique 

 bistriato ; antennarum clavie articulo basali quam 2"' paullo 

 angustiori. Long., 1 1.; lat., | 1. (vix) 

 Of described Australian Biploccdi this species is nearest to 

 D. cviguus, Blackb. which it resembles in colour size and outline, 

 difFeriag, however, i?iter alia ia the unevea surface of its pro- 

 notum, in the shallower and much less regular puncturation of 

 the same and in the much feebler sculpture of the elytra, on 

 which the seriate punctures are fiie and faintly impressed even 

 in the fron*: part and become very much more so from a little be- 

 hind the middle. The inequalities of the pronotum consist of a 

 shallow ill-defined concavity (not much more than a flatteniog) 

 on the hinder two-thirds of the disc, and a large better-defined 

 round fovea on either side of the concave space and a little in 

 froat of the base. 



Victoria (Glenelg R.) ; under bark of Eucalyptus. 



Tabulation of the Described Australian Diploc(eli. 



A. Size very large (3i 1.) ... ... ... Leai, Bldickh. 



AA. Size much smaller. 



B. Elytra bicolorous ... ... ... ... fasciatus, MacL 



BB. Elytra unicolorous. 

 *C. Form broader than in the other described 



species ... ... ... ... latus, Lea 



CC. Form very narrow and elongate (not unlike 



xhdit oi LyctiLS hrunneus, ^te^h.) ... angustulus, Blackb. 



CCC. Form oval 



D. Upper surface clothed with long erect ( ovatus, Macl. 

 pube-cence ; elytra very strongly punc--| piliger, Reitt. 

 tulate ... ... ... ... \piinctafHS, Lea. 



DD. Pubescence much shorter ; punctures of 

 elytra much feebler 

 E. Surface of pronotum even ... ... exiguus, Blackb. 



EE. Surface of pronotum very uneven ... opacior, Blackb. 



TELMATOPHILUS. 



T. sublaufus, sp. nov. Elongato-ovatus ; modice convexus ; 

 nitidus : setis subtilissimis parum manifestis sparsim vesti- 

 tus ; rufo-testaceus, antennarum articulis 9" 10° que et in 

 elytris notulis indeterminatis 3 (his basali, mediana et ante- 

 apicali) picescentibus ; capite convexo sat aequali sparsissime 

 fortiter punctulato ; prothorace transverso, antice quam 

 trans basin sat angustiori, ad basin late sublobato, ante basin 



*This character is inferred from Mr. Lea's description ; I have not to my 

 k nowledge seen the insect. 



