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suture arched, moderately impres.si'd ; protliorax as in the last 

 species, but tlie angk's, esj)ecially tlie posterior, less produced ; 

 scutellum triangular ; elytra broader in jiroportion, less glossy, 

 and less strongly jmnctured ; body beneath black, shining ; 

 legs glossy reddish pitchy ; anterior ti]>ife in tlie male strongly 

 arched; shorter, and nearly straight, at least on the outer edge, 

 in tlie female ; the former only w itii tli<; tarsi dilated. Length 

 8 lines. 



A stouter insect comparatively than the last, and differing 

 in the form of the anterior tibia;. In both species there is a 

 deep fovea on each side of the prothorax at the base. 



Meneristes servulus. 



M. niger, nitidns ; sutura clypcali vix impressa ; prothoracis niif^ulis 

 posticis prodiictis ( cT ); tibiis antieis in mare longioribus, arcuatis, 

 apicc penicillatis. 



Hal). " Tasmania to Queensland." 



Black, shining ; head glossy, very minutely punctured ; 

 clypeal suture marked hy a smooth arched line only ; two small 

 impressed curved lines between the eyes ; prothorax longer in 

 ])roportion to the width, very smooth, anterior angles rounded, 

 the posterior narrowly produced in the male ; scutellum tri- 

 angular ; elytra narrower anteriorly and not much broader than 

 the prothorax at the base, the greatest width a little distance 

 from the apex in the male, the base broader in the female, 

 punctate-striate as in the last ; body beneath and legs pitchy ; 

 anterior tibiai in the males much longer than the rest, strongly 

 arched, and having a tuft of golden hairs at the apex ; in the 

 females shorter, less arched, and Avithout the tuft at the apex. 

 Length 6| lines. 



Ephidonius. 

 Subfamily Tenebjrioninje. 



Caput cxscrtiim, rhomboideum, pone ociilos clongatum. 

 Tib'ut: fortitcr calcarata) ; hirsi subtiis subnudi. 



Head exserted, rhomboidal, broad in front, gradually nar- 

 rowed behind the eyes ; clypeus widely emarginate at the a])ex, 

 its suture nearly straight, except at the sides. Eyes small, 

 rather narrow, transverse. Antenna; slender; third joint longest ; 

 fourth, fifth, and sixth shorter, o])conic, nearly equal in length; 

 seventh to tenth nun-e or h'ss obovate ; the last ovate, pointed, 

 scarcely longer than the tenth. Mentum trapezoidal, broadest 

 and truncate anteriorly. Labium corneous in the middle, with 

 two rounded membranous lobes at the sides ; its j>al])i elongate, 

 a little thicker outwards. ^Maxilhe with two sliort lobes, the 



