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and prominent. Antennae rather long and thin; club four- 

 jointed, its first joint scarcely longer than the preceding one 

 but distinctly wider, apical joint almost as long as two pre- 

 ceding combined. Prothorax moderately long, front parts 

 gently convex, flattened about base, each side of base with 

 a transverse semidouble fovea ; with minute scattered punc- 

 tures. Elytra subovate, wiciest just before the middle, where 

 they are about twice the width of prothorax, a fairly large 

 impression on each side of base; with sparse, indistinct punc- 

 tures. Subapical segment of abdomen incurved in middle of 

 apex, the incurvature bounded on each side by a slight pro- 

 jection. Front femora stout, the middle and hind ones 

 pedunculate, front trochanters dentate. Length, 1 '25-1 '5 mm. 

 9 . Differs in having antennae shorter, elytra shorter 

 and wider, abdomen simple, front trochanters unarmed, and 

 front tibiae thinner and less curved at the tip. 



Hah. — South Australia: Franklin Island (Prof. F. Wood 

 Jones). Type, I. 15360. 



Almost the exact size of S. parramattensis, but more 

 uniformly coloured, clothing different and club thinner; 

 about the length of S. hrevipilis, but narrower, club thinner 

 and elytral clothing different. Of the species previously 

 known from South Australia, S. depressus is much smaller, 

 with wider elytra, shorter antennae, etc. ; S. gri-fflthi and S. 

 fuscipalpis are much smaller, narrower, and darker, etc., and 

 S. impavidus has wider and glabrous elytra, etc. From 

 some directions the hairs appear to form a loose fascicle on 

 each side at the base of the head. When, viewed at a right 

 angle th-e armature of the male abdomen is inconspicuous, 

 but when viewed from in front the projections appear as small 

 eubconical tubercles. 



DERMESTIDAE. 



Bermestes cadaverinus, Fab. Franklin Island. 

 D. vnlpinus, Fab. Franklin Island. 



SCAEABAEIDAE. 



Pimelopus dubius, Blackb. Franklin Island. 

 P. porcell'us, Er. Flinders Island. 



TENEBKIONID AE . 

 Sarag-us posidonius Carter, n. sp 



Oval, convex, nitid black, oral organs, antennae and tarsi 

 castaneous. 



Head finely punctate, antennae with joint 3 half as long 

 again as 4, 8-11 as wide as long; epistoma a little incurved in 



