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slightly dilated from base to near apex, the outer side then notched to apex. 

 Length, 7.5 mm. 



Hab. — Victoria: Ararat (H. W. Davey). Unique. 



Differs from all other species here referred to Procirrus in having the neck 

 more suddenly defined from the head, although not longer, and the middle and 

 hind tarsi with the basal joint shorter, although still of great comparative 

 length. It is about the size of P. castclnaui, but is apparently a considerably 

 paler insect ; the description of that species, however, is but little more than a 

 comparison with the ex-Australian P. saulcyi. The derm itself is somewhat 

 shining, but owing to the clothing appears subopaque. Seen directly from 

 above the black part of the head (excluding the neck) appears almost circular, 

 but when viewed from behind it appears parallel-sided for some distance. The 

 tooth on the left mandible (the only one visible on the type) is truncated at 

 the apex, but may have been damaged in manipulation. From some directions 

 both prothorax and elytra appear to be closely granulate. The largest and most 

 sharply-defined punctures are on the metasternum and under-surface of abdomen. 



There is a specimen of this species in the Australian Museum (K. 21538) 

 from Singleton (New South Wales). 



Palaminus, Er.. Cat., p. 198. 



In addition to the species here listed Blackburn ^^^^ has recorded two others 

 (P. novaeguineae, FvL, and P. vitiensis, Fvl.) as Australian, but probably in 

 error. 



AUSTRALiAE, Fvl. Q., N.S.W., V., N.W.A., Lord Howe Island. 



nialandanus, Bernh., Arkiv for Zool., xiii. (No. 8), p. 8. 

 MACULATus, Bernh., I.e., p. 9. O., N.S.W. 



Palaminus australiae, Fvl. 



Specimens of this species are before me from Queensland (Cairns, Mount 

 Tambourine, and Goodna), New South Wales (Wollongong and Sydney), 

 Victoria (Alps and Dividing Range), and Lord Howe Island. The abdomen 

 is more castaneous than the rest of the upper-surface, the elytra are uniformly 

 flavous, except that on some specimens parts adjacent to the suture are as dark 

 as the abdomen; the size varies from 2.5 to 4.5 mm. The longitudinal elevation 

 on the prothorax varies from a feeble subbasal tubercle to a moderately long 

 carina. It appears probable that nialandanus was named from small specimens 

 of the species. 



Palaminus maculatus^ Bernh. 



On the typical form of this species the elytra are dark with the suture, 

 tips, and shoulders pale, but the dark parts vary in intensity, and on some speci- 

 mens are reduced to a sutural blotch on the basal half (two such specimens were 

 identified by Blackburn as P. novaeguineae). 



Palaminus bivittipennis, n. sp. Fig. 8. 



Castaneous, elytra black with castaneous markings, mouth parts, antennae, 

 palpi, and legs castaneous. With fairly numerous golden setae, or hairs, longer 

 and more numerous on abdomen than elsewhere. 



Head strongly transverse ; with rather numerous, large, sharply-defined 

 punctures. Eyes large, occupying most of the sides between antennae and base. 

 Antennae long and thin, none of the joints transverse. Prothorax distinctly 

 transverse, basal angles strongly rounded, sides increasing in width to apex^ 



'M) Blackburn, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr., 1895, p. 204. 



