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The antennre and their sulci in this species do not correspond 

 satisfactorily with those of any other Dermestid known to me 

 but they appear to be only a modification of thoss of typical 

 Cryptorhopala. The club is two jointed, but it is very small for 

 a Cryptorliopalum and is evidently longer than wide, the apical 

 joint scarcely wider and not much longer than the penultimate. 

 The sternal foveae are as in other Cryjjtorhopala cavities to re- 

 ceive the club rather than the whole antennae and are (not 

 circular but) oval and placed further back than usual. The form 

 of the body is very narrow and elongate for a Cryptorhoi^alum. 

 The elytra are of a pale castaneous colour, each with two large 

 faintly defined spots (darker than the general color) on the disc 

 — one slightly behind the base, the other about the middle. In 

 one example the elytra are very evidently (though not very much) 

 less sparsely punctulate than in the type. I suspect it is the 

 female, and the type a male. 



Central Australia, on flowers of the Desert Oak (Casuarina). 



C ceciliense, sp. nov, Ovale ; sat nitidum ; supra pilis cinereis 

 vestitum ; rufo-ferrugineum, capite et in elytris notulis 2 

 indeterminatis piceis, antennis (harum clava vix infuscata) 

 pedibusque testaceis ; antennis abrupte clavatis clava 2- 

 articulata ovali (articulo apicali quam penultimus manifeste 

 latiori sat longiori) ; prothorace fortiter transverse, antice 

 angustato, supra subtiliter minus crebre punctulato, angulis 

 posticis (superne visis) retrorsum directis sat acutis ; elytris 

 confertim subtilius subaspere punctulatis ; prosterni sulcis 

 ovalibus. Long., 1 1.; lat., J 1. (vix). 



The colors and markings of this species are much like those of 



the preceding {cas7u,ari7ics) except that the prothorax is rufous. 



The club of the aniennae is much larger (though still small for a 



Crypto7'hopalum), with the apical joint considerably more notably 



larger than the preceding joint. The pronotum is more finely 



and the elytra are very much more closely punctured. The form 



of the body is much less narrow and much more oval. I cannot 



regard these differences as sexual. If they were so the larger 



antennae would probabl}^ indicate the male, but the form and 



puncturati.m accompanying the larger antennae would be much 



more likely to belong to the female. 



Central Australia (Cecilia Creek). 



C. nealense, sp. nov. Ovale ; sat nitidum ; supra pilis cinereis 



vestitum ; piceo-nigrum, elytris obscure rufescentibus fasciis 



2 latis piceo-nigris (altera ad basin, altera vix pone medium,. 



positis) ornatis, antennarum stipite tibiis tarsisque sordide 



testaceis ; antennis abrupte clavatis, clava 2-articulata ovali 



(articulo apicali quam penultimus parum latiori multo 



