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nee aspere punctulatis, elytris magis perspicue striatis, striis 

 quam interstitia magis fortiter punctulatis. Long., If 1. ; 

 lat., y__ 1. ^ 



I have no doubt this is a good species, although very close to 

 the preceding. In L. montaimis the puncturation of the whole 

 upper surface is very equal and quite asperate, being so evenly 

 distributed on the elytra as to include the punctures of the strife, 

 and make these latter quite confused with those of the interstices. 

 In the present species the puncturation of the head and pro- 

 thorax (especially the latter) is much liner and less close than 

 that of the elytra, while on the elytra the puncturation of the 

 striae is quite noticeably distinct from that of the general surface. 



Victoria; Ovens River. 



CERCYOX. 



C.flaripes, Fab. I have recently taken this species (at any 

 rate, I cannot find any character to justify regarding it as dis- 

 tinct) at an elevation of about 5,000 feet above the sea, on the 

 \ ictorian Mountains. 



PAUSSID.^. 



PAUSSUS. 



P. cuistrcdis. Sat angustus ; sat opacus : obscure rugulose (prn?- 



sertim in elytris) punctulatus ; f errugiiieo-ruf us ; elytris fascia 



lata nigra ornatis ; antennarum articulo 1" elongato-piri- 



formi, 2° quam P* duplo longiori et duplo latiori difforme 



(ad basin truncato, ad apicem rotundato, supra in parte basali 



concavo in parte apicali fortiter convexo) ; prothorace in 



medio valde strangulato, parte antica fortiter transversa 



postice bifida, parte postica minus fortiter transversa supra 



prof unde late longitudinaliter sulcata. Long., 21.; lat.,y^^jl. 



The dark fascia on the elytra is at its widest near the lateral 



margin which it does not quite reach ; thence it narrows a little 



towards the suture, where its width is nearly half the leng-th of 



the wj.ole suture, its hind extremity being distant from the apex 



about a liftli of the length of the whole suture. This species is 



interesting as being the first genuine Faussus recorded from 



Australia. 



Queensland ; Mt. Bartle Frere ; presented to me by 0. French, 

 Esq. 



STAPHYLIXID.?:. 



TACHIXUS. 



T. 7ioritins, sp. nov. Sat nitidus ; ferrugineus : antennis (apicem 

 versus) elytris (parte postica pnesertim) meso- et meta-sternis 

 abdomineque infuscatis ; elytris prothorace fere duplo lon- 

 gioribus ; capite prothoraceque laivibus ; elytris sparsim sat 

 subtiliter, abdomine crebre minus subtiliter, punctulatis. 

 Long., 2M. ; lat., 1 1. 



