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 MYCETOPHAGID.E. 



TRIPHYLLUS. 



T. inti'icatus, sp. nov. Subovalis, postice angustatus ; pubescens ; 

 rufo-ferrugineus ; elytris 3-fasciatiin nigro-notatis ; pro- 

 thorace fortiter transverso, antrorsum fortiter angustato, 

 confuse dupliciter punctulato, postice utrinque impresso, 

 angulis posticis sat acutis ; elytris leviter striatis, «triis sat 

 fortiter punctulatis, interstitiis vix convexis levdter nee 

 crebre nee subtiliter punctulatis. Long., If 1. ; lat., f 1. (vix). 

 The dark markings on the elytra are intricate and a little 

 variable. They consist of three zig-zag fasciae, which do not 

 usually reach the lateral margins (the intermediate fascia does so 

 in some examples), the hinder two, or even all three, being in- 

 distinctly connected with each other at their lateral extremities 

 in some examples. One of these fascia? is basal, and is often 

 reduced to a mere blotch on each side the scutellum ; the next is 

 median ; the last is ante-apical, but in many specimens is dilated 

 hindward so as nearly to reach the apex itself. 



Victoria ; a few specimens occurred in fungi on a mountain 

 called Baldi, at an elevation of about 6,000 feet. 



MYCET^A. 



M. piJosella, sp. nov. Breviter ovalis ; subnitida ; pilis erectis 



sat sparsim vestita ; ferruginea ; prothorace crebre rugulose 



minus subtiliter punctulato, intra marginem lateralem vix 



manifeste costato ; elytris minus crebre minus fortiter 



punctulatis ; antennis sat elongatis ; metasterno minus brevi. 



Long., -J^ 1. ; lat., j% 1. 



This minute species is extremely like the European M. hirta, 



Marsh., superficially. It is a little more elongate and (perhaps 



consequently) its metasternum is not quite so short ; its antennae 



are a little longer ; the lateral costfe of the prothorax are almost 



obsolete ; the hind cox?e are not quite so widely separated ; the 



puncturation of its prothorax is closer, and that of its elytra is 



both finer and closer. At a casual glance, it might pass for a 



small form of M. hirta. 



S. Australia ; in fungi near Port Lincoln. 



DIPLOCCELUS. 



D. angustulus, sp. nov. Angustus ; parallelus ; ferrugineus ; 

 pilis erectis vestitus ; prothorace transverso, retrorsum 

 leviter angustato, sparsim sat fortiter punctulato, utrinque 

 intra marginem leviter bicostato ; elytris punctulato-striatis, 

 puncturis subquadratis sat grossis ; abdominis segmento 

 basali in medio oblique bistriato ; antennarum clava? articula 

 1° quam 2"- multo angustiori. Long., 1 1. ; lat., -^^ 1. (vix). 



