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was known to me only by description, but T feel no doubt of 

 the correctness of my identification. The Baron de Chaudoir 

 did not know the precise habitat of tlie type.) 



PHILOSCAPnUS. 



r. costalis, Macl. Upper Murchison Jiiver. 



SOARAPnjTES. 



S. laticollis, Macl. IJooi/abin. 



CLIVIXA. 



C. An.ffra/ds-ia-, Boliem. Murchison District. 



C. Helmsi, sp. nov. Sat angusta ; sat cylindrica; nitida ; subtus 

 obscure ferruginea, supra picea, elytroruni lateribus sutura(iue 

 rufpscentibus, anten.nis palpis capite antice pedibus([ue 

 testaceis ; capite inter oculos sat profunde longitudinaliter 

 sulcato; prothorace antrorsum sat angustato, postice utrinque 

 lineatim inipresso, quam latiori fere longiori ; elytris sat 

 fortiter punctulato-striatis, striis apicem versus obsoletis, 

 stria 4" basi extrorsum contoi'ta ; tibiis anticis externe 

 dentibus 4 instruotis, de]ite summo parvo, 2° sat magno, ?i° 

 sat gracili cylindrico (apioe obtuso) ceteros longitudine 

 superanti. Bong., 3 1. ; lat., J 1. 



This species may l)e placed in the " section " of M. Putzeys' 

 " Revision Gen. des Clivinides " in which the author places 

 C. Anstralasia'. It is very distinct by the following characters 

 in combination : — Head with an extremely strong longitudinal 

 sulcus between the eyes, suture lateral margins and epipleura^ of 

 elytra reddish testaceous, legs entirely testaceous with only tlie 

 knees faintly infuscate. 



Cootanooriiia. 



GNATIIAPIIAXUS. 



G. ariduH, sp. nov. Sat nitidus ; niger vel piceus, ore palpis 

 antennarum basi pedibus (nonnullis exemplis femoribus 

 picescentibus) et corpore subtus (hoc piceo notato) rufis \e\ 

 rufo-testaceis ; prothorace transverse antice quam postice 

 vix angustiori, canaliculato, utrinque ad basin foveolato 

 (foveis obscure punctulatis), lateribus rotundatis, angulis 

 posticis rotundatis; elytris profunde striatis, interstitiis 

 fortiter convexis, 3° 5° 7° que (hoc postice solum) puncturis 

 seriatim ornatis ; mento baud distincte dentato. Long., 

 4—5 1. ; lat., IJ—lJl. 



A very distinct species ; its mentum without a distinct median 

 tooth, together with elytra bearing three rows of punctures, will 



