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duced at base on to prothorax, third with three or four (in 
the specimen under observation three on the right and four 
on the left elytron) clusters of granules forming feeble 
tubercles and a distinct tubercle at summit of posterior de- 
clivity. Under surface and legs with dense, shallow, slight- 
ly rugose punctures; apical segment transversely impressed. 
Legs long and thin. Length, 9; width, 44 mm. 
Hab.—W.A.: Mount Barker. 
To the naked eye the fringe of setæ cause the tibiæ to ap- 
pear strongly bisinuate beneath. The excavation on 
each side of the median one in. front of the 
prothorax is very distinct when seen from in front, 
but indistinct when viewed from behind. From 
some directions each elytron appears to be supplied 
with four distinct tubercles, but the only real tubercles are 
those at the summit of the posterior declivity, the others 
being little more than clusters of granules—except perhaps 
the one on the middle of the fifth interstice. The species is 
very distinct from lycosarius (the only described species with 
which I am acquainted) and much resembles -Ldriodes nodi- 
pennis. There are two other species in my possession, but 
each is represented by a single battered specimen. 
SUB-FAMILY RHYPAROSOMIDES. 
PHRYNIXUS ASTUTUS, Pasc. 
When in Melbourne recently I received from the National 
Museum a specimen of this New Zealand species, as coming 
from Victoria. 
ZEPHRYNE PERSONATA, n. 5р. 
Very densely clothed with muddy-greyish scales entirely 
concealing the punctures and derm. With straggling semi- 
erect sete; dark on upper surface both of body and legs, and 
pale on under surface of body and legs. 
Head apparently shallowly concave in middle, with a late- 
ral extension completely concealing each eye from above. 
Prothorax feebly transverse, disc and sides very uneven, 
apex feebly produced, but not elevated. ^ Elytra wider than 
prothorax, shoulders produced and subtuberculate, alternate 
interstices distinctly raised. Length, 32; width, 12 mm. 
Hab.—N.S.W.: Glen Innes. 
Having only one specimen under examination I have not 
cared to abrade the scales to make sure of the sculpture, ex- 
cept on a portion of the elytra, which is seen to be covered 
by very large quadrate punctures. The species differs 
from the description of sordida in being smaller, by having 
the prothorax not at all oblong, and by having the alternate 
interstices of the elytra (although distinctly raised) entirely 
without tubercles. 
