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A. do7nesticum. This also occurs in Australia ; I have found it 

 near Port Lincoln ; as far as I know its occurrence has not been 

 previously recorded. 



DRYOPHILODES (gen. nov.). 

 Dryophilo affinis sed antennis aliter articulatis, articulo 2"" quam 

 3"^* minori, articulis apicalibus pnecedentibus hand dissimil- 

 ibus. 

 The species for which I propose this name resemble Dryojjliilus, 

 but their antenna) with the second joint small and no marked 

 distinction between the apical joints and those preceding them 

 seem inconsistent with a place in that genus. 



D. i7isi(/ms, sp. nov. Sat elongatus; sat parallelus; niger, vix 

 rufescens, pube ochraceo-cinerea dense vestitus ; prothorace 

 maculis parvis 3 (transversim positis), elytris macula magna 

 communi ovali denudata ornatis ; hac pube alba circum- 

 cincta ; scutello dense albo-piloso ; prothorace sat convexo, 

 inajquali vix transverso, antice fortiter rotundato-producto, 

 lateribus bisinuatis, angulis posticis acute rectis deplanatis, 

 basi media late lobata ; antennis quam corporis dimidium 

 longioribus. Long., If 1.; lat., J 1. 

 The sculpture is entirely buried under close pubescence, ex 

 cept on the denuded spots, where it appears that the prothorax is 

 closely and asperately punctulate, and that the elytra are 

 coriaceous rather than distinctly punctured. The large common 

 oval spot occupying about the middle third part (both of length 

 and breadth) of the elytra, with its conspicuous edging of white 

 pubescence, renders this a most conspicuous species. The basal 

 joint of the antenna is about as long as the next two together ; 

 2 is slightly shorter than 3 ; 3-5 increase slightly in length ; 6 is 

 equal to 5; 7-10 are slightly longer, and equnl inter se ; 11 is 

 slightly longer than 10 ; joints 4-10 are feebly triangular, and each 

 joint being inserted slightly outside the middle point of the trun- 

 cate apex of the preceding joint, the antenm^ have a slightly 

 serrated appearance. 



Victoria ; Alpine district. 

 D. australis, sp. nov. Minus elongatus ; sat parallelus ; piceus, 

 antennis capite prothoracis marginibus abdomine pedibus 

 et sutura postice rufescentibus ; pube brunnea minus per- 

 spicue vestitus, scutello dense albido-hirto ; capite j)i'otho- 

 raceque confertim subtiliter subaspere punctulatis ; hoc vix 

 insequali fortiter transverso antice modice rotundato-producto, 

 lateribus fortiter rotundatis ante basin sinuatis, angulis 

 posticis rectis, basi media late lobata ; elytris crebre obscure 

 punctulatis, obsoletissime striatis ; antennis quam corporis 

 dimidium vix longioribus. Long., If 1.; lat., ^ 1. 



