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Bufa; elytris nigris, fascia conimuni lata flava ; coxis tarsisque 



posterioribus et pygidio nigris. £ . 

 Long. 4 lin. 



The specimens from which the above descriptions are taken 

 are probably referable to E. tricolor, Grerst. (Mon. p. 28). He 

 only describes the female, and the specimens of that sex in 

 the Museum collection differ from his description in having 

 the femora entirely red ; on the other hand he does not men- 

 tion that the posterior coxa3 and the pygidium are black. 



The male, from its totally different coloration, might be 

 easily mistaken for a distinct species. 



Hob. Swan River. 



The following allied species appears to be undescribed : 



Emenadia sobrina, n. sp. 



Elongata, sat angusta, subopaca, atra ; thoracis basi elytrisquo 



obscure rufo-piceis, tibiis postmoribus tarsisque piceis. $ . 

 Long. 3| lin. 



Closely resembles E. tricolor, but distinctly narrower and 

 differently coloured. Head orbicular, smooth, the vertex 

 rounded. Thorax not much narrowed in front, the posterior 

 angles not diverging, very acute and directed backwards ; the 

 basal lobe truncate at the apex. Elytra brown, diverging only 

 at the apex, longitudinally impressed on the disk. The punc- 

 tuation rather close, the punctures rather elongate. One ex- 

 ample has the apex blackish. The basal joint of the antennae 

 and the palpi pale. Sometimes there is a little brown on the 

 front margin and sides of the thorax, as well as on the side 

 of the metathoracic epimera. 



llab. Melbourne. 



PltOCEEDIXGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



DUBLIN MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



February 16, 1882. 



Cosmariftm from Deeside, sent by Mr. Bissett, ajyproxhnatiny O. 

 cymat&pleurum, Nordst. — Mr. Archer showed a Co&rnarium of large 

 &ize from Deeside, Aberdeen, collected by Mr. Biseett, of Banchory, 

 corning near Cosmmnum cymatapUurum, .Nordst.. but seemingly not 

 quite identical therewith ; but Mr. Archer bad no doubt it was one 

 and the same thing with a form found by himself on a few very 

 rare occasions in Ireland. He had only once met with what ap- 

 peared to be the true C. cymatopleuntm, in a rocky place on the 

 roadside by Loch Tay, in Scotland. The present form agreed in 





