Tenebrionidai from Aitatralia and 7 



((swanid. 



difforeiit IVoin ]\I. Lacordairc's, and altnclniiii," to i\\" clKiractcr 

 a much less de^Tcc ot" iin])<)rtaii('c tliaii is doiu* by him. The 

 strongest argument against ph'.eing /////turn and Mr///fra among 

 the Ajwcn/phiiKv is that the mentnm is attached to the throat 

 without the intervention of a ])(Mlicch 



Ililiixcd succun'frra. IM. X. fig. 3. 

 H. nitida, fulvo-hrunnea ; elytris tuberculis succineo-flavis instructis. 

 Hah. Tasmania. 



Sliining fulvous brown ; head rather coarsely punctured ; 

 ])rothorax not broader than the head measured across the eyes, 

 coarsely })unctured, the intervals here and there raised into 

 small tubercles; scutellum large, but its limits very indistinct; 

 elytra scarcely longer than the head and prothorax together, 

 seriate-punctate, the punctures large and connected by a slight 

 longitudinal impression, a few erect, stiffish hairs scattered 

 chieriy at the sides ; on each elytron towards the outer side 

 two rows of large, oblong, amber-like tubercles, the outer of 

 them of three (one on the shoulder), the inner of two tuber- 

 cles, and one or two spots of the same amber-colour; body 

 beneath brownish ferruginous, coarsely punctured ; antenna3 

 and legs yellowish ferruginous, with a few longish scattered 

 hairs. Length 2 lines. 



A tryphodes Ho iv ittli. 



A. viridi-ocneus, aureo-versicolor, nitidus; prothorace trausverso, 

 angulis anticis rotundatis, lateribus niodice foliaceis, rotundatis, 

 sulcis discoidalibus Icviter impressis ; elytris costis alteriiis mi- 

 noribus. 



Hah, Kiama. 



Greenish bronze, with varying golden reflections, shining ; 

 antennae pitchy black ; prothorax transverse, broader than the 

 elytra, anterior angles rounded, the sides with a moderately 

 wide foliaceous margin, slightly rounded, narrower at the 

 base, the discoidal lines shallow, the lateral abbreviated ; scu- 

 tellum subcordiform ; elytra about twice the length of the pro- 

 thorax, their alternate costie much smaller than the others ; 

 body beneath and legs pitchy brown, shining. Length 10-11 

 lines. 



Atryphodes is perhaps better known under its old name 

 Thoracojyhorus * ; but, as that name had been previously used 



* Erichson said long- ago, " The name must be altered, not only because 

 it has been abeady used, but also because it does not comply with the 

 rules of nomenclature." Wiegmann's Arch. 1842, ii. p. 239. Thoracophorm, 

 however, in Motschulsky's sense, has been adopted by Dr. (Tcniming-er 

 and Baron von Harold in their great ' Catalogiis Coleopterorum,' now in 

 course of publication. 



