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the larvse of one of which appear to feed upon the roots of 

 tufted grasses, and the appearance of which signalizes 

 the approaching end of the insect season, and another with 

 soft elytra, feeding on Eucalypts (both with two species) add 

 a total of six to the number. 



The Saperda are numerous, Lamida exhibiting fourteen ; 

 Synvphyletes twelve ; Hebescesis, seven ; Distema, two species. 



Besides the above, a Wallodon specimen was in one instance 

 taken by me near Lyndoch, just having made its escape from 

 its larval abode in a large Eucalyptus rostrata, resembling (if 

 not identical) in colour and size a species from the Northern 

 Territory, one and a half inches in length. A species of 

 Distlchoceras, resembling D. maculicollis, from New South 

 "Wales, was once captured by me near "Williamstown, by the 

 Victoria Creek, but not seen since. 



The largest of the South Australian Lamida: noticed by me 

 was taken by a friend near Callington ; it exceeds one and a 

 quarter inches in length. 



After a somewhat hasty comparison of the beetles captured 

 at Ardrossan with those collected elsewhere, it is found that 

 altogether 266 species of Coleopters were taken, of which 106 

 are common to other places, while 158, or 62 per cent, 

 of the whole number, were obtained here for the first time. 

 Two of these Coleopters deserve a short notice. The one 

 is allied to the Prionidae, and seems to form a link between them 

 and the Buprestida?, for the form of its body closely resembles 

 theirs ; while the antenna?, mandibles, &c, denote their other 

 connection. Their colour is a bright-brown, and their length 

 nearly one inch. The other remarkable beetle belongs to the 

 Dorcadise, and to a genus not before represented in the collec- 

 tion, and closely resembles some species of Bruchida?, indigenous 

 here, were it not for its antenna?, &c. Both species seem very 

 rare. The first was taken in January, the other in February 

 last. 



The generic names given above have been taken partly 

 from the following works, viz., Dr. Imhoff's " Studium der 

 Coleopteren," 1856; Brockhaus' "Text zum Bilder Atlas," 

 1857; Dr. Leunis' " ISaturgeschichte," 1869; Dr. Euete's 

 " Zoologie," 1843. Some names were obtained through ex- 

 changes with other collectors, notably to Messrs. J. French, 

 Melbourne, and E. D. Atkinson, Tasmania, my thanks are due. 

 Only a very few names were got from the South Australian 

 Museum. 



Oedeb Lepidopteea. 



The Lepidopteea of South Australia are characterised by 

 almost total absence of gay and brilliant hues, especially 

 among the nocturnal tribes ; the overwhelming majority only 



