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Entirely pale except for the combs of tibiae and the 

 claws, which are deep black; the combs are unusually con- 

 spicuous, owing to the colour of the tibiae and tarsi, but they 

 are of quite normal size. The specimen described is appa- 

 rently not immature, as Mr. French has another specimen 

 of exactly the same colour. The eyes are almost exactly as 

 in mucronnta. The joints of the funicle are of normal pro- 

 portions, but are rather more cylindrical than usual. 



OXYOPS PARALLELA, Blackb. 



The length given in the description of this species is 2 

 lines, but Mr. Blackburn informed me that 2 was a misprint 

 for 4. A specimen from Port Darwin before me is but 

 3J lines. 



OxYOPS uNiFORMis, Lea. 



A specimen from the Grampians (Victoria) of this species 

 has a moderately distinct transverse fascia of pale clothing 

 before the middle, and an irregular stripe one-third from 

 the apex of the elytra. On the type these markings can be 

 just perceptibly traced. 



Pantoreites major, n. sp. 



Black or blackish-brown; elytra, tip of prothorax, and 

 appendages (except claws) more or less reddish. Clothed 

 with thin whitish or ochreous setae, and with glistening white 

 scales. 



Head with dense partially concealed punctures; inter- 

 ocular fovea narrow and partially concealed. Rostrum 

 slightly dilated towards, but not to, apex, almost twice as 

 long as greatest width; with dense punctures throughout, 

 biit smaller and exposed towards apex, and more or less 

 concealed towards base. Two basal joints of funicle subequal 

 in length, but first somewhat stouter than second. Pro- 

 thorax with very dense punctures of moderate size. Elytra 

 with regular rows of rather large punctures, but which are 

 quite concealed in places, shoulders strongly rounded, sides 

 feebly diminishing in width to beyond the middle, and then 

 strongly to apex. Intercoxal process of mesosternum ob- 

 tusely produced. Tihitp strongly denticulate. Length, 7-8J 

 mm. 



Hab. — South Australia: Murray Bridge (H. H. D. 

 Griffith); Victoria (C. French), Sea Lake (J. C. Goudie). 



The setae are rather sparse, but the snowy scales (which 

 from some directions are faintly opalescent) are very dense 

 except on head and base of rostrum, where, however, they 

 form a moderately distinct line. On the prothorax they 

 form three lines, which gradually dilate to the base. On the 



