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appears decidedly shorter than the fourth), the serrations of 

 the fourth-tenth joints are less pronounced than usual in 

 females of the genus, and the eleventh is almost as long as 

 the three preceding combined. 



Jiab. — South Australia: Tanunda ; New South Wales; 

 Queensland : Somerset. 



Two females from Western Australia (Swan River and 

 Coolgardie) may belong to the species, but are much larger 

 (12-12| mm.), the prothorax is wider than on most of the 

 other females, and has a conspicuous median line in front (of 

 which there is not a trace on the males and scarcely a trace 

 on other females). On one of them the derm of the elytra 

 is quite black, and it is very dark on the other. 



Evaniocera pPvUInosa, Gerst. 

 E-. gerstdckeri, Macl. 



Two males were standing under the name of pruinosa in 

 the Blackburn collection, and they agree with the original 

 description, except in being smaller (4|-5 mm.); they also 

 agree with the specimens I have previously commented upon 

 as agreeing with the types of gerstdckeri. The species may 

 be readily distinguished from all others of the genus by the 

 curiously mottled clothing, especially of the female. On the 

 female the third joint of the antennae is rather long and 

 subcylindrical, and the seven following joints are strongly 

 serrated ; between the eyes there is a conspicuous, longitudinal, 

 sublanceolate, highly-polished space, of which there is not a 

 trace in the male. The length ranges from 3^ to 7 mm. in 

 the male, and from 4 \ to 12 mm. in the female. 



Bab. — New South Wales : Sydney, Jenolan, Tarn worth : 

 Queensland : Aloomba, Cairns. 



EVANIOCERA MEYRICKI, Blackb. 



The males of this species before me (I have not seen the 

 type, which is probably in the British Museum) differ slightly 

 in colour, the mandibles of some being darker than on others, 

 and the prothorax is usually no paler at the sides than on the 

 disc. Their hind tibiae have a curious pubescent groove, 

 bounded by fine carinae, on the under-surface from about the 

 basal fourth almost to the apex, but this is invisible from 

 above or from the sides. The eyes are separated to a less 

 degree than in pruinosa, but to call them "approximate" is 

 misleading. The length ranges from 5 to 8| mm. The female 

 (unknown to Blackburn) has a long, shining, semidouble ridge 

 between the eyes ; the antennae have the third joint rather 

 long, and the seven following ones strongly serrated ; it differs 



