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should be referred to Pliyllotocidium rather than to Phyllo- 

 toeus, but from the only previously described species of that 

 genus it differs in many respects; the appendages are 

 conspicuously longer than the claws they are placed between, 

 and are slightly longer and distinctly wider than the hind 

 claws. On the type the four hind tibiae (except at the base) 

 are of the same shade of green as the pronotum, and the front 

 pair have a slight metallic gloss, but on another specimen 

 the front tibiae are more conspicuously green, and that colour 

 is slightly extended to all the tarsi. 



EUCNEMIDAE. (4) 



The Eucnemidae are represented by a fair number of 

 species in Australia, although not one appears to occur in 

 abundance, and most are extremely rare, although often 

 widely distributed. Whilst the species are usually very 

 variable in size, and but few have strikinglv distinctive 

 colours, the genera are fairly easy of identification by charac- 

 ters of the under-surface, antennae, and legs. 



Sixteen species are recorded in Masters' Catalogue, but 

 several were overlooked. The following references are neces- 

 sary to bring the Catalogue up to date: — 



Table of genera. — Blackb., Proc. Rov. Soc Vic, 1899, 

 pp. 216, 217. 



Discaptothorax, Blackb., I.e., p. 219; koebelei, 

 Blackb., I.e., p. 220. 



Dyscharachthis, Blackb., I.e., p. 217; brevipennis, 

 Blackb., I.e., p. 219; Trans. Boy. Soc. S.Aus., 1901, p. 131. 



Dyscolocertjs, Bonv., Mon., p. 729; Blackb., Trans. 

 Roy. Soc. S.Aus., 1892, p. 55; heros, Blackb., I.e.; p. 56; 

 concolor, Blackb., Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic, 1899, p. 225; 

 victoriensis, Blackb., I.e., p. 226; basalis, Lea, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N.S. Wales, 1894, p. 596; 1898, p. 555. 



Dromoeolus interioris, Blackb., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 

 Wales, 1891, p. 502. 



Dystrigonisthis, Blackb., Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic, 1899, 

 p. 221; paradoxus, Blackb., I.e., p. 222. 



Entomophthalmus, Bonv., Mon., p. 513; uniformis, 

 Blackb., Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic, 1899, p. 224. 



Eitmenes, Bonv., Mon., p. 744; bakewelli, Bonv., I.e., 

 p. 745, pi. 36, fig. 2. 



Fornax parvultjs, Bonv., Mon., p. 346, pi. 16, fig. 1; 

 coloratus, Blackb., Trans. Roy. Soc. S.Aus., 1895, p. 219. 



(4) Melasinae, Fleut. : Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1901, p. 63(1 



