so THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



with six short transverse veins, the principle nervures dotted with 

 ■small setigerous bulbs. Stigmatic cell charged with dark pigment. 

 Hind tibiae twice spurred. End of the pygofer round, with a 

 small papilla, and surmounted by two short styles. Elytra more 

 or less clouded with brown at their tips. 



Prosops pedisequus, n. sp. — General colour, velvety-black. 

 Pronotum black, with fine yellow carinse. Edges of the ab- 

 dominal rings fine yellow. Wings hyaline, membrane edged with 

 yellow. Stigma black. Apices brocaded where the nervures 

 furcate. Eyes large and red. The under sides black, with all 

 the somitse and sternal edges bright yellow. Legs brownish. 

 Frons and post sternum greenish, but the upper part of the frons 

 is black, leaving a swollen yellow protuberance in the middle. 

 The chequered appearance of this insect suggests the notion of a 

 livery, and therefore the above specific name. Size of head and 

 body, o"i8 inch to 0*25. 



ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO VICTORIAN NATURAL- 

 ISTS IN RECENT PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



In " Transactions of Linnean Society of New South Wales" 2nd 

 series, vol. vii., part 3 : — 



" Gall-making Buprestids," by W. W. Froggatt. 

 " Notes on the Family Brachyscelidse ^Gall-making Coccids), 

 with some Account of their Parasites," by W. W. Froggatt. 



" Revision of the Australian Amarygmides," part i, by Rev. T. 

 Blackburn, M.A. 



In '■'•Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South 

 Wales" vol. xxvi., 1892 : — 



" On the Effect which Settlement in Australia has produced 

 upon Indigenous Vegetation," by Alex. G. Hamilton. This 

 is a most interesting paper, going fully into the question 

 from all points. The appendix contains a list of 165 species 

 of plants which have become naturalized in the different 

 colonies, and indicating which. The essay is one of the 

 series of prize essays written for the Royal Society of 

 New South Wales, and was awarded the Society's bronze 

 medal. 



Exchange. — To Entomologists. — Mr. W. B. Waterfall, Thirl- 

 mere, Redland Green, Bristol, England, desires to exchange 

 English Coleoptera for Australian, and will be pleased to open up 

 correspondence with collectors. 



