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distinct specifically, in which the yellow spot on the suture is 

 very indistinct or even quite wanting. M. Chevrolat, in his 

 Catalogue of the Cleridcv, -plsLces JV. ej^hijypiger, White, in Opilus; 

 but I feel confident this is a mistake, as the finely-granulated 

 eyes of specimens before me (which agree exactly wdth BoisduvaFs 

 unusually full description, and also with White's) are quite 

 inconsistent with a place in that genus. M. Chevrolat does not 

 seem to have noticed the almost literal identity of White's and 

 Boisduval's descriptions ; indeed, I cannot find that he has re- 

 ferred to the latter at all. 



THAXASIMOMORPHA (ffeu. nOV.). 



Thanasimo afiinis ; difiert palporum maxillarium articulo ultimo 

 securiformi. 

 The Rev. H. S. Gorham (Cist. Ent., II., p. 62) points out the 

 necessity of a new name for Tillus hij)ctrtitus, Blanch., but with- 

 out proposing one. I therefore suggest the above name. Another 

 member of the genus (as Mr. Gorham points out) is CJerus giittulus, 

 White. 



T. intricata, sp. nov. Nigro-picea vix violacea-micans, antennis 

 palpisque obscure rufo-piceis, elytrorum tertia parte basali 

 maculaque suturali postmediana metasterno femoribus ad 

 basin tibiis anterioribus 4 (subtus) et tibiis posticis (totis) 

 rufis, elytrorum fascia mediana (suturam vix attingenti) 

 eburnea; capillis erectis vestita, ex his nonnullis albidis (in 

 elytrorum pone medium partibus dilutioribus condensatis) 

 nonnullis nigris; capite j^rothoraceque crebre profunde 

 rugulose punctulatis, hoc quam longiori vix latiori, latitudine 

 majori pone medium posita, lateribus sat rotundatis basin 

 versus vix sinuatis ; elytris basi utrinque gibbosis, antice 

 crasse profunde postice vix manifeste, punctulatis. Long., 

 24 1.; lat., fl. 

 Resembles T. hipartita, Blanch., "nut with tlie femora (except 

 at base) and antennae almost black, and a large red spot on the 

 suture of the elytra behind the white fascia, and ^^•ith the pro- 

 thorax less rounded on the sides, and a little less closely rugulose. 

 W. Australia ; taken by E. Meyrick, Esq. 



METABASIS. 



M. variegata, sp. nov. Fusco-nigra, pilis albis fuscisque vestita, 

 ore palpis antennis prothorace elytrorum parte (fere dimidia) 

 basali pedibusque rufis, elytrorum fascia media leviter 

 arcuata et striga suturali apicali flavis : capite crasse con- 

 fertim prothorace elytrisque crassissime minus confertim, 

 punctulatis ; j^i'othorace fortiter transverso, late longitudin- 

 aliter sulcato, sulci lateribns antice subcariniformibus ; 



