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COLEOPTERA 



(Cotitimied.). 



By rev. T. BLACKBURN, B.A., 



Hon. Curator for Entomology, S. Aust. Mus. 



In tlie former part of this memoir I furnished a catalogue in 

 systematic order of the Coleoptera of the Elder Expedition down 

 to the Tribe Leptopsini of the Family Curctdionidce, one tribe, 

 however, of the Carabidce (the Broscides) being omitted, owing 

 to my having asked Mr. T. C Sloane, of the Linnean Society of 

 N.S. Wales, to deal with it.. Mr. Sloane has made a special study 

 of that tribe, and has published some valuable memoirs relating 

 to it, so that it is a matter for congratulation that the Royal 

 Society has been able to enjoy the benefit of his assistance. His 

 contribution on the Broscides will be found in the present issue. 

 I now propose to continue and complete the catalogue of the 

 Coleopitera of the Expedition, taking up the work at the place 

 where the former part ended. The first of the remaining tribes 

 of Curcidionidcs (the Amycterini ) is, however, another group of 

 which Mr. Sloane has made a special study, and that gentleman 

 has been good enough to take them in hand, his memoir relating 

 to them finding a place in this issue. 



The first species enumerated in the following catalogue 

 ( Evaniocera tninuta) belongs, it will be observed, to a family 

 (the Hhipidophoridw) whose proper place is in the part issued 

 last December. Its omission was due to the specimen having 

 been so clogged with gum that its characters were not visible, 

 and I accidentally passed it over, under the impression that it 

 was a Phytophagous insect, but as soon as I had cleaned it for 

 examination its real place was of course apparent. 



It will be noticed that I have introduced in the catalogue of 

 species obtained by the Elder Expedition descriptions of several 

 species in my own collection. These are insects allied to some of 

 those of the Expedition, and inhabiting localities (such as the 

 McDonnell Ranges, the basin of Lake Eyre, the Eyre-Peninsula) 

 that may be regarded as outlying parts of the geographical 

 region through which the expedition travelled. It seems con- 

 venient that their descriptions should appear in company with 

 those of their allies which fell into the hands of Mr. Helms. The 

 interpolated species are indicated by an asterisk prefixed to the 

 name. 



