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FURTHER NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 
This insect has all the facies of an Acronio'pus, and most of the 
sLructural characters — the convex forehead and front not margined, 
the antennae with second and third joints very small, joints 4-10 
sub-triangular and 1 1 elongate oval without appendage, the lateral 
margin of the prothorax not turned under at the apex, the 
posterior coxae narrow and considerably dilated near the base but 
not dentate, the elongate basal joint of the posterior tai-si, »fec., 
«3tc. \ but in some respects it seems to approach Ascesis, having 
the intermediate coxae sub-contiguous, the prosternal sutures more 
cuiwed than m Acroniopus (typical), and the fourth joint of the 
tarsi scarcely lamellated beneath. This joint has a small flattened 
space near the apex, but it does not seem to be a true lamella. 
The development of the lamellae varies so much in some genera 
{ Monocrepidius for example) that 1 do not like to found a new 
genus on this alone, and I think the best course is to refer the 
insect to Acroniojms with these qualifying remarks. 
Northern Territory of S. Australia; taken by Mr. .1. P. Tepper. 
MALACODERMIDtE. 
Telephorus. 
T. Tepperi, sp.nov. 
(J. Rufo-testaceus ; elytris testaceo-brunneis pubescentibus, his 
apicem versus, antennis (basi excepta), genubus, tibiis tarsisque, 
infuscatis; prothoracis lateribus pone medium concavis. 
[Long. 4^ lines. 
The prothorax is half again as wide as long, its front evenly 
convex, its sides gently curved to behind the middle, and thence 
dilated again to the base with which they form a sharp and 
prominent angle from which the base runs obliquely backwai’d for 
a certain distance and then is slightly concave in the middle ; the 
basal and (especially) the lateral margins are rather widely and 
strongly reflexed ; the surface is shining and not punctured. The 
antennae are more than half the length of the body, joint 1 equal 
to 2 and 3 together, 2 half the length of 3, 3-10 compressed 
