BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURY. 
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from porcata, Fab,, and cribricollis, Spin., in the shape of the apical 
joint of the antennfe. 
Northern Territory of S. Australia ; in my collection, and taken 
by Mr. J. P. Tepper. 
BOSTRICHID^. 
Apatodes, gen. no V. 
Gen. Apaten simulans, sed antennis clava lamellata terminatis. 
I regret being unable to give the charactersof thisgenusmorefullv, 
but unfortunately I have not a specimen before me in fit condition 
to bear the necessary manipulation. The resemblance to Apate is 
very close indeed, and as far as I have been able to investigate the 
structure it does not diflfer from that of Apate except in having the 
antennal club composed of three lamellfe, each of which is about 
equal in length to all the preceding joints taken together. This 
character alone is suificient to justify generic separation. The basal 
joint is elongate, the 2nd very little longer than each of the next 
five, which are all very short. 
A. Macleayi, sp.nov. 
Nigro-brunneus ; capite (? alterutrius sexus solum) transversim 
4-tubercnlato ; prothorace parum transverse, antice ad latera 
spino.so, antice et postice obscuie granulate, disco in medio sat 
rugulose tuberculato ; elytris crebre ^*ix lineatim rugulosis, parte 
postica declivi, spinis 2 in medio instructa. [Long. 2f, lat. 11 lines. 
The two spines on the elytra are placed half-way down the 
posterior declivity, one on either side of the suture, and point 
backward and outward. 
This insect must very closely resemble Bostrychus bL'ipinostts^ 
hlacl., (Trans. Ent. Soc. N..S.W. IT. p. 276) and may possibly be 
identical with it, although apparently larger than that insect and 
scarcely fitting the description in respect of the prothoracic 
sculpture. But in any case Bostrychus bispiuosus is a preoccupied 
name. 
N. Territory of S. Austnilia ; collected by Mr. .1. P. Tepper. 
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