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it inter alia by its still narrower and more parallel form, by the 

 punctures of its head more sparse and large, by its prothorax a 

 little less closely and more strongly punctured, and by the striae 

 of its elytra more strongly, and their interstices much less- 

 closely and strongly punctured. From the widely-distributed 

 S. Australian insect, which I regard as A. h'evicornls, Bates, it 

 differs inter alia by its more parallel form, its less-closely punc- 

 tured head, and its elytra quite differently sculptured. 

 Victoria; in the collection of C. French, Esq. 



A. 2^uncticeps, sp. nov. Nitidus; obscure albido-pubescens ; fuscus, 

 antennis femoribus sternorum lateribus abdomineque nigris ; 

 capite quam prothorax paullo angustiori, creberrime (antice 

 gradatim minus crebre) fortius sat rugulose punctulato; 

 prothorace quam latiori vix longiori sat parallelo, medio 

 ante basin leviter impresso, confertim sat subtiliter punc- 

 tulato ; elytris minus parallelis quam prothorax fere duplo 

 latioribus, sat fortiter punctulato-striatis, striis latera versus 

 obsoletescentibus, interstitiis crebrius fortius punctulatis vix 

 transversim rugatis; antennarum articulo 3° quam 4'''' paullo 

 longiori, apicali quam lO""* manifeste breviori. Long., 5^ 1. ; 

 lat., 21. 



Very similar to A. cylindricus, Germ., in form, from which (apart 

 from colour) it differs inter alia by its conspicuously narrower 

 head and protliorax, by its somewhat longer and more slender 

 legs and antenna?, and by its less-strongly impressed elytral striae, 

 which become much more enfeebled towards the lateral margins. 



This species bears a superfical resemblance to Honiotrysis 

 fuscij^ennis, Blessig, from which its simply pointed mandibles at 

 once distinguish it. 



Victoria; in the collection of C. French, Esq. 



A. occidental is, sp. nov. Nitidus (capite prothoraceque fere 

 subopacis) ; vix albido-pubescens (? exemplo abraso) ; niger, 

 elytris fuscis, labro mandibulis palporum antennarumque 

 basi et pedibus fusco-testaceis; capite quani prothorax sat 

 angustiori, sat confertim sat rugulose (labro sparsissime) 

 punctulato, oculis sat prominulis supra minus remotis; pro- 

 thorace quam longiori vix latiori, creberrime subtiliter sub- 

 confiuenter sat aspere punctulato, ante basin leviter impresso, 

 antice manifeste angustato, lateribus antice arcuatis ; 

 elytris postice leviter dilatatis, fortiter (latera versus multo 

 minus fortiter) punctulato-striatis, interstitiis subconvexis 

 sparsim subtiliter punctulatis; antennarum articulo 3° quam 

 4^"^ sat longiori, apicali quam 10''' paullo breviori. Long., 

 41.; lat., 1^1- 

 The extremely close puncturation of the prothorax, which 



