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ELEALK. 



JE. Reichei, Spinola. The insect which I l)(>lieve to be this species, 

 and which I have seen from otlier localities in Western 

 Australia, was taken by Mr. Helms at Mount Squires. I 

 do not think I can be mistaken in my identification, although 

 M. de Spinola does not refer to a character that certaiiily 

 seems wortliy of note, viz., the arrangement of the whitish 

 hairs on tlie pro-tliorax in the form of a fascia. In all other 

 respects the specimen before me agrees well with the descrip- 

 tion. The insect seems to be extremely variable in size, the 

 smallest! have seen being less than 3 1. long ; the largest 6 1. 



N. rufipes, De Geer. 



NECROBIA. 



Everard Range. 

 BOSTRYCHID.K 



XYLOPEUTHA. 



X. vidua, Blackb. 1 This species was described from a unique 

 specimen taken near Port Lincoln. The example of Xylopertha 

 taken by Mr. Helms at the Barrow Range appears not unlikely 

 to be the corresponding female, and the original type a male. 

 When 1 described X. vidua, I took it to be a female, on 

 account of its not presenting any of the strong sexual 

 characters that I found in the male of its ally, X. mystica ; 

 although it did not either agree satisfactorily with the female 

 of X. mystica in sexual characters. The examination of this 

 example from the Barr-ow Range (which agrees perfectly in 

 sexual characters with the female of X. mystica, hut in other 

 characters seems very near to, if not conspecific with, the type 

 of X. vidua) suggests a doubt as to the sex of the type of 

 X. vidua. At any rate, it would not be safe to regard this 

 specimen as distinct specifically without having both sexes of 

 it, or of X. vidua, for examination. 



BOSTKYCIIUS. 



J^'- jemita, Fabr. Murchison District. 



TENE15RI0NID.-K. 



HOPATRUM. 



-?A Wderi sp. nov. Modice elongatum ; modice convexum ; vix 

 nitidiusculum ; piceo-nigrum, labro testaceo, antennis palpis 

 pedibusf^ue obscure ferrugineis ; setis brevibus fulvis 

 vestitum; capite minus lato, cum prothorace sat crebre 

 ruguloso, lateribus ab oculis antrorsum divergentibus magis 

 longe quam oculi cavernie longitude ; prothorace quarii 

 longiori plane (postice quam antice baud plane) duplo latiori. 



