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ELATERID.E. 



CHROSIS. 



C. angusticoUis, sp. nov. (Mas). Augusta : valde elongata ', 

 ferruginea, prothorace CDCcineo (in medio nigricanti). capite 

 antennisque nigris, pedibus piceis ; capite sparsim fortiter 

 punctulato, pilis albidis sat elongatis sparsim vestito : pro- 

 thorace quam ad basin latiori vix (quam ad medium latiori ut 

 10 ad 7 | longiori, supra longitudinaliter profun.de trisulcato, 

 ur caput pubescenti, sparsim subtiliter (ad latera • magis 

 crebre magis grosse) punctulato, antice fere truncato, lateri- 

 bus sat parallelis, anguLis posticis fortiter divaricatis ; 

 elytris breviter (apiceui versus magis longe) pubescentibus, 

 ad apicem oblique subtruncatis, sat fortiter striatis. inter- 

 stitiis leviter cDnvexis puncruiatis. Long., 8 1.; lat.. 2 1. 

 (vix). 



Allied to C. trisulcatus. Er., but extremely distinct by, inter 

 alia multa. the very much sparser puncturation of its head and 

 prothorax and the narrower and more parallel form, and the more 

 abruptly divaricate hind angles of the latter. The autenuae con- 

 siderably passing the base of the prothorax indicate the specimen 

 before me to be a male. 



Victoria (Dividing Range). 



PABASAPHES. 



P. quinquestUcatuSj sp. nov. Augustus ; valde elongatus : 

 ferrugineus, capite antennis et prothoracis vittis 2 nigrican- 

 tibus. femoribus infuscatis : capite crebre subfortiter 

 punctulato, pilis albidis sat elongatis vestito : prothorace 

 quam ad basin latiori ut 10 ad 8 (quam ad medium latiori ut 

 10 ad 7) longiori, supra longitudinaliter sat profunde 5- 

 sulcato, in partibus medianis elevatis glabro sparsim sub- 

 fortiter punctulato, alibi ut caput pubescenti confertim 

 subtiliter (latera versus magis gmsse) punctulato, antice 

 subtruncato, lateribus fere rectis, angulis posticis haud 

 divaricatis : elytris breviter pubescentibus, ad apicem valde 

 acuminatis, sat fortiter striatis. interstitiis leviter eonvexis 

 punctulatis. Long., 7 1.; lat., 1^-L 

 There seems to be no doubt that this species and the following 

 should be associated genericaily with that for which Dr. Oaudeze 

 proposed the name Parasaphes. They bear a remarkable general 

 resemblance to Chrosis, but differ from it in respect of important 

 structural characters. — notably their very much shorter head and 

 the widely different form of their mesosternum and tarsi. The 

 former is | not horizontal but) strongly declivous : and the latter 

 have their basal joint very elongate, the 2nd scarcely half as 

 long as the basal one and slightly dilated : the 3rd still shorter, 



