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The antennae are scarcely longer than the head and prothorax 

 together, and seem in respect of robustness and build not very 

 different from those of common European species {e.g., C. sericea, 

 Fab.). Joints 1 and 2 are stouter than those immediately fol- 

 lowing — 1 evidently longer than 2 ; 3-6 moderately increasing in 

 width (3 scarcely shorter than 2, 4 and 5 shorter subequal inter 

 se, 6 considerably shorter ; 7-11 forming a subparallel club which 

 is nearly as long as joints 1-6 together; 7, 9, and 10 subequal 

 i7iter se (each evidently wider than, and about twice as long as, 

 6) ; 8 same width as 6, but still shorter ; 1 1 subcorneal, a little 

 longer and narrower than 10 ; joint 6 is strongly, and 8 very 

 strongly, transverse. The sculpture of the upper surface is nearly 

 as in C. australis, Er. In the male the front tarsi are j^retty 

 strongly (the basal joint of the intermediate tarsi scarcely, if at 

 all) dilated. An example from Port Lincoln has the antennje 

 with the longer joints testaceous, the shorter one, piceous, but 

 does not seem to difi'er otherwise. 



South Australia ; in flood refuse near Adelaide, also near Port 

 Lincoln. 



C. Victoriensis, spec. nov. Sat elongata ; sat parallela ; piceo-fer- 

 ruginea, antennarum basi prothoracis lateribus, pedibusque 

 rufescentibus ; obscure pubescens ; capite prothoraceque sub- 

 tiliter crebre, elytris minus subtiliter minus crebre, punctu- 

 latis ; antennis minus elongatis, sat robustis, articulo 8" quam 

 7"* et 8"* multo angustiori multo breviori ; mesosterno sub- 

 tiliter carinato. Long., 1 1. ; lat., f 1. 

 The antennae are perhaps a trifle longer than the head and 

 prothorax together ; they are evidently more slender than those 

 of C. Adelaidce, but much stouter than those of C. antipoduni. 

 The basal six joints are proportioned inter se almost as in 

 C. Adelaidce, but are more slender ; 3-6 of equal width (not as in 

 Adelaides, 4-5 each a little wider than its predecessor) ; joints 7-11 

 form a parallel club less noticeably wider than the basal part of 

 the £mtenn^ ihsin in Adelaidce, but with joints similarly propor- 

 tioned i7iter se : owing to the much greater slenderness of the 

 antennae, however, joint 6 is not, and 8 is only moderately, trans- 

 verse. The sculpture of the upper surface resembles that of 

 C. antipodum, but is decidedly less tine on the elytra. In the 

 male the front tarsi are strongly, and the basal joint of the inter- 

 mediate tarsi is distinctly, dilated. 



Victoria ; Alpine district, among fallen leaves. 

 (7. minusoda, sp. nov. Vix elongata ; subovalis ; fusco-rufa, 

 antennarum arti&ulis intermediis, elytris abdomineque obscu- 

 rioribus ; pubescens ; subfortiter minus confertim punctu- 

 lata ; antennis fere ut C. Victoriensis sed fere gracilioribus ; 

 mesosterno simplici. Long., ^ 1. ; lat., f 1. (vix). 



