The Insect Fauna of Van Biemen's Land. 3£5 



/je'/zM?*^ Westwood,(*) which, though peculiar in form, is not 

 sufficiently so to warrant its generic separation from Zoni- 

 tis. (t) Of (Edemeridae one (Edemera punctiim MacLeay (J) 

 belongs to Dejean^s genus Nacerdes ;{^) two others belong 

 to Tseudolycus Guer.(|| ) one being P-y. licemopterus Guer.(^) 

 the other Lycus hcemorrholdaUs Fabr. (**) And lastly, a new 

 Saljiingics assimilates pretty closely to its European generic 

 allies. 



The CitrcuUoncB of New Holland present mostly peculiar 

 forms, few being more widely distributed. Although no 

 species of the rich genus Bruclius have as yet been forwarded 

 to us, it is highly improbable that they are entirely wanting 

 in New Holland, because in other parts of the world they 

 invariably accompany papilionaceous plants, and these 

 occupy an important position, both in New Holland and Van 

 Diemen^s Land, Three new Antlirihi belong to small species; 

 two, to the universally distributed genus Tropideres, one of 

 remarkable formation assimilates in its most important 

 characteristics to Antlirihus. One small new Rynchites, with 

 antennae turned in at the base of the proboscis, presents 

 much affinity to European forms, and is regarded by Schon- 

 herr as a distinct genus, Aidetes. The genera Rkimtia and 

 Eurliynclms, both limited to New Holland, are represented, 



(*)Guer, Mag. de Zool., i84l. 12 e. Livre. Ins. pi. 85. Themale antennae are nearly 

 as long as the body ; the third to the seventh joint rather broad. A remarkable 

 variety has black wing-cases, with the exception of the base, and the outer 

 edge. 



(+) The species mentioned above has blunted palpi, a very similar species of New - 

 Holland agrees in this respect with Zonitis. 



(t) Captain King, Narrative of a Survey, etc., II. 443, 43. 



(§) It is identical with Nacerdes palliata Dej. Catl. Col. 3 ed. p. 250. 



(II) Ann. de I'Soc. Ent. d. Fr.II. p. 155. Guerm mentions three other species of this 

 (assumed) genus, one from Port Jackson, and two from Kangaroo Island. 



(U) The same. 



(**) I have seen its type in the collection of Fabricius, and convmced myself, that he 

 did not mistake it forthe similarly coloured species of Porrostoma, mctriorlnjnchus 

 Guer, 



