Toiiel)vi()ni(l{V //•<)??* AustniUa and Tdsmania. 37 



longing to the Tcncbrioninai at all ; but in this case I believe 

 it is exce])tional. 



I am indebted for my specimens to Johannes Odewahn, hs(|. 



Ephtdonius ncuticonns. PL XI. iig. 6. 

 E. nigcr, capite prothoraccque nitidis ; clytris opacis, seiiatira ct 



leviter punctulatis. 



JT(d). Gawler, South Australia. 



Black ; head and prothorax finely punctured, shining, the 

 former from the clypeus backwards smooth and convex ; base 

 of the prothorax close to the elytra, but below their level ; 

 scutellum triangular ; elytra finely seriate-punctate, the suture 

 thickened into\a line, three other lines also on each elytron 

 placed on the intervals of every four rows of punctures ; body 

 beneath and legs shining pitchy brown; antennas reddish 

 brown. Length 9 lines. 



Tanylypa. 



Subfamily Boein^e. 

 Ocidi transversi. 

 MaxUlte lobo interno inermi. 

 Tihi(E arcuatse. 



Head exsei-ted, small, gradually narrower behind the eyes ; 

 clypeus separated from the front by a short arched suture. 

 Eyes rather narrow, transverse. Antennae a little thicker 

 outwards ; the basal joints more or less obconic, the eighth to 

 the tenth transverse, the last rounded. Mentum trapezoidal ; 

 labium short, transverse, corneous. Maxillary lobes short, the 

 inner narrow, unarmed, the outer broadly triangular. ]\Iaxil- 

 lary palpi stout, broadly dilated upwards ; the labial distant 

 at the base, with the last joint very large, cup-shaped, obli- 

 quely truncate. Prothorax longer than broad, narrowed and 

 truncate at the apex, sides rounded, posterior angles acute, the 

 base truncate. Elytra elongate, parallel, not broader than the 

 prothorax, rounded at the apex ; epipleura narrow and nearly 

 equal throughout, but expanding as it ascends to the shoulder. 

 Femora stout ; tibiai strongly curved ; tarsi short, the last joint 

 as long as the rest together. Anterior coxas transverse. 1 ro- 

 sternum slightly elevated, rounded behind. Mesosternum 

 short, V-forined. Metasternum elongate. Intercoxal space 

 very narrow, short, triangular. Abdomen with five segments, 

 all nearly equal in length and with corneous edges. 



AUied to Boros^ Herbst, a genus placed with the Pythonida3 

 by Dr. Leconte*, on account of its anterior cotyloid cavities 



* Class. Col. N. Am. p. 2-55. 



