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trout tiliiiu the extenia,! inferior ridges are placed mucli as iu 

 Sntonia or certain Carena (e.g., anfJiracinum, Macl.). The ex- 

 ternal ridge has about four distinct teeth above its large terminal 

 one; the inferior ridge consi.sts of about six teeth. 

 T. Elderi, .sp. nov. Elongatum ; nitidum ; nigrum .setis fulvis 

 vestituui, anteniii.s (articulis basalibus exceptis) brunneo- 

 pubescentibus et setis brevibus vestitis ; capite elytris 

 latitudine a^quali (luam protliorax nonnihil angustiori ; hoc 

 • juam longiori vix latiori ; elytris ([uam protliorax plus i|uaui 

 duplo longioribus. Long., 11 1.; lat., 2|- 1. 

 At a casual glance the head seems to be about the .same width 

 as the prothorax, and the elytra narrower than either; by 

 measurement the proportions are as given above. The frontal 

 sulci are deep, nearly straight (behind their front angle), and 

 divergent hindward, reaching well behind a line joining tlie hind 

 margins of the eyes ; they are connected behind by a distinct 

 transverse sulcus. The orbits of the eyes are swollen behind, 

 and the eyes do not project beyond them. The antenna' are 

 hlitorm and moderately long and stout. The prothorax has a 

 well-defined impressed dorsal line, and is impunotate, except in 

 the lateral sulci, where there is a clo.se-set row of punctures, each 

 iiearing along erect seta ; its surface is obsolctely wrinkled trans- 

 versely ; its front is nearly straight, the angles, however, pro- 

 jecting slightly forward; its sides are nearly .straight from the 

 ii-ont hindward (and slightly convergent) till they round off with- 

 out a distinct angle into the base. The extreme basal part of the 

 el.ytra i.s thickly pitted with large setiferous punctures, of which 

 a low runs hindward nearly to the apex, about half-way between 

 le suture and lateral margin and another row (reaching the 

 apex) between the inner row and the lateral margin, which bear.s 

 a close-set row of punctures; these latter are not setiferous, but 

 IS possible the example before me is abraded ; the general 

 s^ilace IS almost hevigate. The legs are quite like those of a 

 JLutoma except in being much clothed with seta^ and in the 

 generic character mentioned above. 



I have named th 

 Elder. 



Victoria Desert. 



liis most interesting insect after Sir Thomas 



^- ''-uydtnin, lilackli. 



CARENUM. 



Victoi'ia Spring 



CALLISCAPTEKUS. 



C- xpecioms, Sloane. Victoria Desert. 



PLATYTIIORAX. 



^''"■i''-'icersicolUg,C\v,m,}. Upper :\fur(.-hison lliver. (This s 



pecies 



