303 



rufis, elytrorum lateribus postice albidis ; capite crebre, 



protliorace sparsim, elytris subseriatim, fortiter punctulatis ; 



Long, 2—211.; lat, f 1. 



The insect is at its narrowest where the protliorax meets the 



elytra ; the head, the middle of the protliorax, and the elytra 



close to the apex are about equal in width, and are the widest 



parts of the body. The protliorax is much longer than wide, and 



is narrow in the basal and apical parts being strongly and roundly 



dilated at, or slightly in front of, the middle. The elytra are 



considerably shorter than the hind body in the larger examples 



(which I take to be females), in a smaller one (probably a male) 



they are slightly longer than the hind body. The whitish color 



on the elytra is confined to the hinder part of tlie lateral margin 



in some examples, in others it covers the apex. 



Victoria ; taken by C. French, Esq., in flood refuse at IVIor- 

 dialloc. 



CORMODES. 



C. const7'icta, Blackb. This species described by me (Tr. Roy. 

 Soc, S.A., 1890, p. 124) as a Natalis must be placed in Cormodes 

 which Mr. Pascoe (Journ. of Ent., I., p. 46) characterises as 

 closely allied to Natalis, but differing in the absence of wings, 

 and in the elytra having no defined humeral angle. The wings 

 of C. constricta are not quite wanting, but they are so rudimentary 

 as to be useless for flight. 



TARSOSTENUS. 



T. univiftattis, Rossi. I do not think that this cosmopolitan 

 insect has hitherto been recorded as Australian. I have found 

 it near Adelaide. 



ZENITHICOLA. 



Z. sodi'iis, Chevr. The habitat of this species is given as 

 "Australia." I have an example in my collection ticketed 

 " South Australia." 



Z. (Clerus) C7'assus, Newm. This species is certainly a 

 Zenithicola ; and equally certainly, I think, Z. (Clems) obesus, 

 White, is identical, so that the latter name must sink into a 

 synonym. 



TROGODENDRON. 



T. (Notoxus) epiuppium, Boisd. I do not think there is the 

 least doubt that Boisduval's Notoxus epJiippium is a 

 Troffodetidron, and I take it to be e(i[ually certain that 

 Notoxus ephippiger, White, is the same thing. Although the 

 examples for which the two names were proposed do not appear 

 to have been even difterent varieties, the species appears to be a 

 variable one, as I have seen examples with markings as specified 

 in the descriptions, and others that I take to l)e certainly not 



