Tenehnonidsd f/'07n Australia and Tasmania. 15 



lindrical, longer than tlic fourth and hftli tof^cther ; the two 

 hitter and remainder t(^ tlie tenth obeonic, heeoniini^ very gra- 

 dually shorter; the eleventh longer, ovate, (h'])resse(l. Mentuni 

 rather narrow behind, rounded at the sides anteriorly ; lower 

 lip transverse, slightly emarginate and fringed at tlie apex, 

 largely excavated in the middle on each side for the insertion 

 of the labial palpi. Maxilhc with the inner lobe narrow, 

 curved, and gradually terminating in a very distinct ])oint ; 

 their palpi stout, the basal joint very short, the terminal securi- 

 form. Prothorax depressed, slightly fuliaccous and rounded at 

 the sides, the apex strongly emarginate and much narrower 

 than the base, the latter broadly lobed. Elytra obovate, reti- 

 culate, the epipleural fold obsolete. Legs moderately long ; 

 femora nearly linear, compressed ; posterior tarsi compressed, 

 the basal joint nearly as long as the rest together, the penulti- 

 mate of all entire. Mesosternum deeply notched for the re- 

 ception of the prosternal process. Metasternum and abdomen 

 as in Adelium, the former, however, rather longer. 



This is a very distinct genus, for which at present it is dif- 

 ficult to assign any very near ally, although its habit is that of 

 Atryphodes. 



Byallius reticulatus. PI. X. fig. 6. 

 B. niger, infra et pedibusque nitidis. 

 Hah. Mountains of Gippsland. 



Black ; head and prothorax very slightly nitid, minutely 

 punctured, the lateral borders of the latter recurved; scutellum 

 very transverse and glossy ; elytra gradually broader from the 

 base, shortly rounded towards the apex, wrinkled with small 

 iiTCgular vermiculate depressions, giving the whole surface a 

 reticulate appearance, the epipleura3 minutely punctured ; 

 sterna, abdomen, and legs black, shining ; tarsi ferruginous 

 brown, clothed beneath as well as the edge of the lip with ricli 

 golden hairs ; antenna3 with a greyish pubescence towards the 

 tips. Length 9 lines. 



Sdrotrana'^ proxima. 



S. nigra, convexa, subnitida ; prothorace marginibus erosis ; elytris 

 fusco-a^neis, lineis interruptis elcvatis, interstitiis biseriatim 

 punctatis. 



Hab. Victoria. 



Resembles S. catemdata^ Boisd., but more convex, entirely 

 subnitid above ; the elytra dark brown bronze, with double 

 rows of small simple punctures between the raised interrupted 



* Pascoe, Jourii, of Entom ii. p. 483. 



