BY THE KEY. T. BLACKBURN. 
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elongate triangular, 11 longer than 10, oblong and pointed, joints 
1 and 2 wholly and 3 partially, testaceous. The claws are simple. 
Extremely like the European T.fulvus, Scop., except as regards 
the differences involved in the above description ; the elytra, how- 
ever, though much less shining are much more obscurely (scarcely 
distinctly) punctulate. 
Northern Territory of S. Australia ; collected by Mr. J. P. 
Tepper. 
N.B. — Mr. Tepper’s collection contains two specimens and J) 
of a Telephorus which I hesitate to distinguish from the above 
specifically. It is smaller (3-4 1.) and much more obscure in colour, 
the parts characterized above as rufo-testaceous being pale fuscous, 
with the sterna and basal portions of the ventral segments dark 
brown, the tibiae moi’eover being less noticeably darker than the 
femora. In the female the antennae are only about half the length 
of the body. 
T. Palmerstoni, sp.nov. 
Testaceus ; elytris pubescentibus, obscui'e cyaneis, margine 
lateral! antice flavo ; genubus tibiis tarsisque (plus minus) et 
antennis (basi excepta) infuscatis ; elytris leviter rugulose punc- 
tulatis. [Long. 3-3| lines. 
Apart from the entirely different coloration this species closely 
resembles the preceding, but the following differences (though 
slight) justify its being regarded as a distinct species, — the lateral 
margins of the prothorax are only very slightly concave in outline 
and its hind angles are very feebly marked ; the elytra are very 
distinctly rugulose-punctulate, — almost as .strongly as those of 
T. fulvus, Scop. 
Northern Territory of S. Australia ; collected by Mr. J. P. 
Tepper. 
The preceding two si>ecies appear to be genuine members of the 
genus Telephorus ; both appear to be distingui.shable from such of 
their congeners as bear a general resemblance to them by the 
testaceous colour of the basal joints of their anteim®. 
