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to form a ring intersected by the dark suture on either side of 

 which it thus encloses a patch of the pale ferruginous ground 

 colour. The " intermediate plate " is in the form of an equi- 

 lateral triangle, but is much smaller than in the preceding 

 species. 



S. Australia ; near Port Lincoln. 



T. cylindricuni, sp. nov. Sat elongatum ; subparallelum ; sub- 

 cylindricum ; piceo-nigrum, capite prothoraceque obscure 

 rufescentibus ; antennis (clava excepta) pedibus et elytrorum 

 maculis nonnullis rufis ; prothorace quam longiori dimidio 

 latiori, vix subcanaliculato, crebre minus subtiliter subaspere 

 punctulato, antrorsum minus angustato, antice leviter 

 emarginato, angulis posticis rotundato-obtusis, lateribus sat 

 anguste marginatis ; elytris postice rotundato-truncatis^ 

 leviter striatis, striis crebre punctulatis, interstitiis subrugu- 

 losis, alternis griseo-pilosis ; oculis minus fortiter granulatis. 

 Long., If 1. ; lat., | 1. 



Although the subcylindric form and less strongly granulated 

 eyes of this insect suggest considerable doubt as to whether it is 

 rightly placed here, I cannot regard those characters as sufficient 

 foundation for a new genus. The 3rd joint of the antennae is a 

 little less elongate than in the preceding two species, and on the 

 under surface the " intermediate plate " is considerably narrowed 

 and elongated ; the other structural characters seem identical. 

 The red blotches on the elytra are not very strongly defined 

 (having somewhat the appearance of being marked on the inner 

 surface of the elytra, and seen through its substance) — but I have 

 no doubt their brightness is variable. They are very similar to 

 those in some examples of T. australe. 



The front tibiae are very like those of T. pulchrum, but their 

 crenulations are feebler and they have only a single blunt bifid 

 tooth at the apex ; the middle and hind tibiie are spined ex- 

 ternally, and have a bifid tooth close to the apex. 



Victoria ; in the Alpine district. 



TROGOSITID^. 



NEASPIS. 



N. piosilla, sp. nov. Elongato-ovalis ; sat nitida ; setulis albidis 

 confuse vestita ; picea, antennis basin versus prothoracis 

 elytrorumque lateribus corpore subtus et pedibus plus minus 

 rufescentibus ; capite prothoraceque crebre obscure subrugu- 

 lose punctulatis ; hoc quam longiori plus duj^lo latiori, 

 antrorsum leviter angustato antice leviter emarginato, angulis 

 posticis subrectis retrorsum subproductis, lateribus late mar- 

 ginatis ciliatis subtiliter serratis ; elytris sat crasse subrugu- 



