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beside collaris, Blackb., with wiiicli, Jiowever, it lias little real 

 alliance, and from which it may lie distinguished among many 

 other characters by the basal joint of its hind tarsi being very 

 much shorter than the second joint. Its real alliance is certainly 

 ^vith (igrestis, Burm., elongatus, Blancli., etc., forming the aggreg- 

 ate " C." (at end of page 666) in my tabulation, from all of 

 w iioh It may be di,stinguished by its much less close punctura- 

 lon- In the example before me the propygidium is entirely 

 exposed, but I judge this to be the result "of some artificial 

 inflation. 



Murchison District. 

 JI- hngiiUs, Blackb. 1 The condit.i,)ji (jf tliis example forl)ids its 

 Its positive identification. 



COLPOCIIILA. 



C- dece,,tor, Blackb. Mount Squires. 



ISODON. 



J- Here ls an example of this genus from the Murchison District, 

 "e nomenclature of the genus presents difficulties (owing to the 

 nsufticiency of the descriptions of the named species) which I 

 nave been unal)le to overcome. 



PIIVLLIOCEPUALA. 



^'- '"-lyro-hirta, Blackb. Victoria Spring. 



C. 



CRVPTODUS. 



c«a-ce^M-, AVestw. Murchison District. 



^ SJ5MAN0PTEBUS. 



'">■ minor, Blackb. Murchison District. 



-V. Mden. 



BUPRE.STIU.K. 

 MELOBASIS. 



i, sp. iiov. Tota leneo-virescens ; sat nitida ; subtus et 



in capite sparsim albido-pubescens ; capite piano sat crebre 



^■« tortiter subrugulose punctulato ; prothorace quam 



ongiori fere duplo (postice quam antice quarta parte) 



citiori, nullo modo canaliculate, ad basin in medio fovea 



impresso, sat fortiter sparsius (latera versus crebre) punct- 



"iato, ^ lateribus fere rectis, margine antico sinuatim 



emargmato, basi bisinuata, angulis posticis sat acutis 



retrorsum directis ; elytris vix striatis, iiuequaliter (latera 



versus _ niagis tequaliter) sat subtiliter seriatim punctulatis, 



interstitus sparsim (quam series vix minus fortiter) punct- 



latiset hie illic obscure convexis ; lateribus po.stice dent- 



culatis; prosterno antice declivi ; corpore subtus fortiter 



punctulato. Long., 6 1. ; lat., 2} 1. 



