69 
Very close to £. major, Blackb.; differing from it by its 
smaller size, colouring, less coarse prothoracic puncturation, 
elytral interstices scarcely convex anteriorly, and especially by 
the almost truncate base of its prothorax ; from £. Howitti, Baly, 
it differs by the narrower interstices of the elytral strie and the 
much more elongate prothorax which by measurement is con- 
siderably longer than its greatest width ; from 2. normalis, Baly, 
by the anteriorly non-costate interstices of its elytra and its pro- 
thorax considerably narrower across the front than across the 
base ; the other described species have the subapical joints of the 
antenne much shorter. 
N. Territory of 8. Australia. 
LONGICORNES. 
MICROTRAGUS. 
M. sticticus, Pasc. The author of this species was unable to 
state its habitat, and in Masters’ Cat. nothing more precise than 
‘« Australia” is mentioned. It is worthy of note therefore that 
I have lately received a specimen taken by Mr. C. T. Musson, 
F.L.S., at Narrabri, N. 8. W. 
COCCINELLID. 
scyMNoDES (Blackb., Tr. Roy. Soc., 1888, p. 189). 
S. Koebeli, sp. nov. Sat late ovalis; sat convexus; pilis albidis 
erectis sat dense vestitus ; nitidus; sat crebre sat fortiter 
punctulatus; wneo-niger capite antennis pedibus anticis 
femoribus intermediis basi tarsis omnibus elytris ad apicem 
abdomineque rufis; prothorace quam longiori plus quam 
duplo latiori, elytris basi angustiori, antice leviter angustato, 
lateribus pone medium fere rectis, angulis anticis prominulis 
rotundatis, posticis distinctis fere rectis. Long. 12 1.; 
lat., 12 1. 
N. 8. W.; Gosford ; taken by Mr. Koebele. 
SCYMNUS. 
S. tenebricosus, Bohem. JI have lately received from Mr. 
Koebele an example taken near Sydney, which appears to be this 
insect, agreeing very well with the description. Mr. Koebele has 
also given.me some examples taken at Mulgoa (N. 8. W.), which 
I judge to be conspecific, although they are considerably larger, 
and seem a little more minutely punctured; in one of them, 
moreover, the intermediate (as well as the front) tibie are 
testaceous, and in all of them the prothorax is narrowly rufescent 
along its front margin. This latter character would perhaps 
suggest a doubt as to whether my identification is correct, but in 
