BY THE REV. T. BLA.CKBURX. 
1465 
This species appears to differ from the ^lalayan A. Duivenhodii, 
Kaup, iiiter alia in. its bispinose elytral apices, in the absence of a 
glabrous longtitudinal line on the pro thorax, and in the much 
more intricately patterned elytra, the apices of which are their 
most pale-coloured portion. It is an extremely interesting addition 
to the Australian fauna. 
X. Territory of S. Australia ; a single male, taken by Mr. J. 
P. Tepper. 
SCOLECOBROTUS. 
S. SIMPLEX, sp.nov. 
Elongatus, bre%'iter sat dense pubescens ; brunneo-testaceus, 
femoribus posticis 4 apicem versus infuscatis ; prothorace qnam 
latiori paullo longiori, aiitice angustato, transversim agqualiter 
rugato, ad latera pone medium subtuberculato, disco in medio 
utrinque minute tuberculato ; elytris antice crebre minus fortiter, 
postice subtilissime obsolete, pnnctulatis, apice rotundatis. 
[Long. 8, lat. 1? lines. 
The head and prothorax of the example before me are a little 
darker and more reddish than the rest of the surface. This 
species is closely allied to S. Westivoodi, Hope, from which it 
differs in its smaller size, testaceous hrovm colour, more sparse 
pubescence, much finer and and closer basal puncturation of the 
elytra which does not extend so far backward, rounded apices of 
elytra and infuscate hinder four femora. 
I am doubtful of the sex of my example ; its antennae are a 
little longer than the body, with a well-defined twelfth joint, the 
joints proportioned inter se much as in S. Westvjoodi; they are feebly 
serrate owing to the apex of each being a little produced within, but 
the joints have not their inner edge cut into sharp teeth as in S. 
Westivoodi. In all probability the specimen is a female. 
N. Territory of S. Australia. 
N.B. — A specimen taken by Mr. J. P. Tepper in the Northern 
Territory may be the male of the above, but it i»resents slight 
