BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 
U79 
— but as the size of Australis is not stated and the only infor- 
mation given (besides the description of colour) is that the upper- 
surface is everywhere punctulate, it is likely enough that there are 
many other points of difference. A. cequalis is much smaller than 
the other previously described species of Agetinus-, as compared with 
A. corinthus and suhcostatics, moreover, the sculpture of its elytra 
is altogether finer and smoothei’. I have not seen A. jugularis, 
Er., but fi’om the description that insect appears (apart from size) 
to differ from A. caqualis, inter alia, in having the underside of the 
head rufous and the sides of the elytra transversely rugose. 
N. Territory of S. Australia; taken by Mr J. P. Tepper. 
SCELODONTA. 
S. SiMONi, Baly. 
Among the specimens collected in the Northern Territory by 
Mr. J. P. Tepper is an example of this genus which appears to 
be too close to S. Simoni to be wisely described as new ; neverthe- 
less it differs from the description of that species in having the 
elytra and the sides of the prothorax marked with some rather 
conspicuous golden spots, and it is probable that if it were placed 
side by side with !Mr. Baly’s insect, it would be found to differ in 
other respects. This spotted var. (if it be a var.) may perhaps 
not unsuitably be distinguished by a local name ; I shall therefore 
propose to call it var. 1 Palmerstoni. It may be noted that in 
Mr. Masters’ “ Catalogue of Australian Coleoptera” the generic 
name Scelodonta is omitted, making 6'. Simoni appear as a Tomyris. 
Rhyparida. 
R. .BNEO-TINCTA, sp.nOV. 
Elongato-ovata ; nitida ; rufa ; capite, prothorace antice, ely- 
trorum regione suturali antice, meso- et meta-sternis, femoribuscpie 
ajneo-viridi-micantibus ; antennis (basi excepta), tibiis tarsiscjue 
fuscis ; caj>ite prothoraceque subtiliter coriaoeis ; clypeo distincte 
