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many European Choler(v, in which the mesosternum is non- 

 carinate). 



C. australis, Er. The specimens which I attribute to this 

 species were taken in the neighbourhood of Adelaide. The only 

 doubt I feel as to their identity is caused by the antenna? being 

 a little stouter than seems quite consistent with the description, 

 which, however, is very brief and general in respect of the 

 antennte. They are very much like those of the European 

 C. sericeus, Fab., to which, indeed, the insect before me bears a 

 very close general resemblance, differing chiefly in its more uni- 

 formly black colour (the base of the antenna? even being only a 

 little pitchy), in its very much more finely carinate mesosternum, 

 and in the more rounded sides of its elytra, which are decidedly 

 dilated behind the base ; the sculpture of the upper surface 

 scarcely dift'ers in the two species. I am doubtful of having 

 seen the male of C. australis, as I do not find any decidedly 

 sexual differences among the few examples T have examined, the 

 tarsi of none of them l)eing distinctly dilated 



C. antipodum, sp. nov. Sat elongata ; minus parallela ; piceo- 

 ferruginea (antennarum articuiis basalibus 2 apicalique, 

 capite antice, prothoracis lateribus, pedibus, et corpore sub- 

 tus, dilutioribus) ; obscure piceo-pubescens ; creberrime sub- 

 tilissime punctulata; antennis gracilibus, articulo 8^ quam 

 7"^ tenuiori nee breviori ; mesosterno antice simplici, inter 

 coxas intermedias spiniformi. Long., 14 1. ; lat., ^ 1. 



The antenna? are considerably more slender than in any 

 European species known to me of Cltoleva {e.g., C. agilis, Illig.). 

 They are conspicuously longer than the head and prothorax to- 

 gether. Joint 1 is much stouter and slightly shorter than 2 ; 

 joints 3-6 are of equal thickness i7iter se, more slender than 2 ; 3 

 slightly longer than (4-6 each about equal to) 2 ; 7 slightly 

 shorter and a little wider than 6 ; 8 as long as, but evidently 

 narrower than, 7 ; 9 and 10 wider, and slightly shorter, than 8 ; 

 11 scarcely wider, but evidently longer, than 10, and acuminate 

 at apex. I do not find any well-marked sexual characters. The 

 mesosternal carina scarcely emerges forward from between the 

 coxa? ; the puncturation is finer and slightly closer than in (say) 

 tlie European C. tristis, Panz. 



Victoria ; in the Alpine district, under fallen leaves. 



C. AdeJaidtf', sp. nov. Minus elongata ; ovalis ; ferruginea, 

 capite prothoracisque disco obscurioribus ; fulvo-pubescens ; 

 supra subtiliter (in prothorace subtilissime) transversim 

 punctulato-strigosa ; antennis sat brevibus robustis, articulo 

 8" ({uam 7"^" et S""" paullo angustiori multo breviori ; meso- 

 sterno subtiliter carinato. Long., 1 1. ; lat., }y 1. (vix). 



