122 Mr. E. P. Pascoe on some new or Uttle-hioivn 



bark of logs which are piled one on another in the formation of 

 stockades. Few of the many collectors in Australia appear to be 

 aware of the novelties which a careful examination of such localities 

 would afford them. 



Docalis degener. 

 D. oblongo-ovatus, praeeedenti angustior, niger ; prothorace eequali. 

 Hah, Tasmania. 



Narrower and darker than the last, with the prothorax at least as 

 long as it is broad, the scales whiter and less numerous and the pimc- 

 tures larger, and the longitudinal lines on the elytra more prominent. 

 Leng-th 2 lines. 



Sphaegeeis [Tenebrionidse]. 



Head small, transverse, abruptly contracted below the eyes. Antennae 

 eleven-jointed, very short, gradually increasing in thickness from the 

 third, which is longest, the second minute, the first incrassated. Eyes 

 lateral, very small, round. Labrum naiTow, not covering the man- 

 dibles, which are bifid at the tip. Maxillary lobes narrow, the ter- 

 minal joint of their palpi subsecuriform. Mentimi subcordate, nar- 

 rower behind. Labium bilobed and ciliated anteriorly; labial palpi 

 long, the terminal joint ovate, pointed. Prothorax short, transverse, 

 narrower anteriorly, rounded at the sides. Elytra shortly ovate, very 

 convex. Legs short, more or less covered with spinous hairs j tibiae 

 triangular, strongly spurred, the anterior sinuated externally; tarsi 

 short, the basal joint longer than the second. Prosternum compressed, 

 cariniform. 



Closely allied to Mr. White's genus Choerodes (Voyage of the 

 Erebus and Terror, Ins. p. 12. tab. 2. fig. 12), but differs essen- 

 tially in the antennae, Choerodes having {inter alia) a triarticulate 

 club {see PI. V. fig. 10) ; in both, however, they are eleven -jointed. 



Sphargeris pTiysodes. (PI. V. fig. 9.) 



^S". testaceus, subnitidus, pimctulatus ; oculis mandibulisque nigTis. 



Hah. Australia (Melbourne and Adelaide). 



Broadly ovate, very convex, smooth, shining, testaceous, closely and 

 finely punctm-ed ; scutelliun small, triangular ; antennae about as long- 

 as half the breadth of the head ; eyes and mandibles black 5 body be- 

 neath darker, punctured, with short scattered hairs. Length 3 lines. 



Ch-styllus [Tenebrionidae]. 



Head subtriangular, rounded posteriorly, larger than the prothorax, its 

 supra-antennary borders forming a short, thick, elevated protuberance. 

 Antennae moderately long, eleven-jointed, the first incrassated, the 



