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Catocalephe, Blackb. ^-^\ 



The late Rev. T. Blackburn referred this genus to the-^ 

 Aterpides with considerable hesitation, and certainly it seems- 

 out of place there. In many respects the only known species 

 appears as if it should be referred to the Psepholax group of 

 the Cryptorhynchides, and to the vicinity of Therehus and. 

 Pseudotherehus . Its front coxse, however, are almost touch- 

 ing, and this would appear to exclude it from the subfamily 

 altogether. But there is a distinct channel in front of the 

 front coxae, although it is not acutely margined, neither is the 

 channel acutely margined in Psepholax or in Hyhomorphus ; 

 the intercoxal process of its mesosternum is also unsually small 

 for any member of the Psepholax group. The sides of the 

 rostrum, the antennae, and the legs are somewhat as in^ 

 Zeneudes. In Zeneudes and Oreda each wall of the pectoral 

 canal is supplied at its apex with a tooth-like projection, much 

 as in C . minans, but it is placed at a slight distance from the 

 ocular lobe itself. On the whole, I think it should be regarded 

 as an aberrant genus of the Cryptorhynchides , and in cata- 

 logues should be placed near Therehus. 



Catocalephe minans, Blackb. 



The types of this species are in the South Australian. 

 Museum. The male has the rostrum curiously dilated to its- 

 apex, and the lower edge of the apex (just behind the man- 

 dibles) is supplied with an obtuse tubercle on each side ; these - 

 are very distinct when the rostrum is viewed from the sides. 

 From some directions the mandibles, when clenched, cause 

 the apex of the rostrum to appear spade-shaped, much as in 

 many species of Cossonus. In the female the rostrum is less 

 dilated to its apex, and there are no tubercles on the lower 

 side ; the teeth at the apex of the pectoral canal are also ' 

 smaller. 



Ampagia hystricosa, n. sp. 



Dark reddish-brown; antennae and tarsi paler. E-ather- 

 densely clothed with dingy greyish-brown scales, but 

 variegated on elytra; with numerous stijBf erect scales scat- 

 tered about. 



Head with concealed punctures. Rostrum wide, sides 

 distinctly incurved to middle; with dense punctures, dis- 

 tinct at apex but elsewhere concealed. Antennae stout, in- 

 serted in middle of rostrum; scape scarcely half the length: 

 of funicle and club combined. Prothorax subconical; punc- 

 tures concealed. Elytra closely applied to and outlines 

 continuous with those of prothorax, sides rounded and then- 

 diminished to apex; with rows of large concealed punctures,. 



(26) Trans. Roy. Soc, S.A., 1895, p. 220. 



