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condensatis et maculas 3 (2 discoidales, 1 in lobo postico) 



formantibus, in elytris fasciam antemedianam macularem 



rhac suturam baud attingenti) maculam postmedianam lat- 



eralem et maculas 2 anteapicales (his transversim sitis) 



formantibus ; piceum, antennis pedibusque ferrugineis, ; 



antennarum clava 3-articulata ; prothorace fortiter trans- 



verso,antice angustato, subtiliter minus perspicue punctulato, 



angulis posticis retrorsum directis sat acutis ; elytris 



squamosa vix aspere (sed apicem versus asperdme) punct- 



ulatis ; prosterni sulcis ut Anthreni (anticis, transversim 



positis). Long., 1 1.; lat., ^^ 1. 



This very small insect belongs to what I have called Section II 



of Cryptorhopalum. It is easily distinguishable from the others 



of the same section by the disposition of the white pilosity of its 



upper surface which forms an ante-median fascia touching the 



lateral margins and widely interrupted on either siie of the suture, 



a small spot on either side close to the lateral margin, and a row 



of four spots placed arcuately across the elytra a little before the 



apex. 



Queensland; Townsville (Mr. F. P. Dodd). 



ANTHRENUS. 



Of the seven species found in Australia that stand under this 

 name only three are correctly placed there — viz., ocellifer, Blackb. 

 and the two introduced species -ya^'zrts. Fab., and ?77.?tseorm?i, Linn. 

 I may say in passing that likely as inuseorum is to occur in Aus- 

 tralia I have no evidence of its occurrence beyond its mention in 

 Masters' Catalogue ; all the Anthreni that I have seen bearing 

 the name are varius, Fab. — which is the great pest of Australian 

 museums. A. nigricans, Macl , is (as noted above) a 

 Thaumaglossa. A. australis, Hope, and Flindersi, Blackb., belong 

 to the aggregate which I have treated provisionally above as a 

 section of Cryptorhopalum, but which undoubtedly represents a 

 distinct genus intermediate between Cryptorhopalum and 

 Anthrenus, having the vestiture of the former and antennae and 

 antennal cavities as in the latter. As already noted I refrain 

 from founding a new genus for them only because I am not sure 

 that a name may not have already been given to congeners from 

 some other country. I have chosen Cryptorhopalum for their 

 temporary location because most of them have already been 

 placed there by Reitter. A Flindersi, Blackb., is I think a 

 synonym of Cryptohopalum confertum, Reitt. Owing to its 

 antennal structure I did not (when I described it) consider the 

 possibility of its having been previously described as a 

 Cryptorhopalum. A. socius, Lea, is certainly not an Anthrenus, 

 its vestiture being described as consisting of hairs. Lea does not 



