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PYLUS. 



P. ant~hicoid.es, ZNewim, has been stated by G-orham (Tr. Ent. 

 Soc, Lond., 1 S 78. p. 154) to be an African species. — an assertion 



that is accepted by Lohde in his recent Catalogue. Newman 

 certainly implies that it is Australian. Probably he was in error 

 as to the place of capture. — or the specimen was an accidentally 

 imported one. I have not seen any Australian Clerid agreeing 

 with Newman's description. 



TEXEBRIONED.L. 



HYPOCILIBE. 



H* veternosa, sp. nor. Late ovata : minus opaca ; nigra, anten- 

 nis apicem versus et tarsis subtus picescentibus : vix 

 perspicue punctulato ; clypeo utrinque vix perspicue 

 impresso, antice late manifeste emarginato : prothorace 

 quam Jongiori ut 16 ad 9 (postice quam antice, ut 8 ad 6) 

 latiori, antice modice emarginato (margine antico in parte 

 mediana late recto), fortiter (a latere viso) convexo. lateribus 

 modice arcuatis postice sinuatis, angiitis anticis minus 

 (posticis fortiter) acutis ; scutelio perlato. utrinque postice 

 late profunde impresso; elytris >a latere visist valde con- 

 vexis. leviter reticulatim strigosis. quam prothorax ut 12 ad 

 84- latioribus, lateribus rotundatis anguste renexis, postice 

 aite declivibus : tibiis intus haud tomentosis : coxis anteri- 

 oribus 4 pubescentibus. Long., 8 1.: lat., 4^- 1. 



Diifers from H. JIacJeayi. Bates, by the elytra without any 

 trace of costs (even at the suture) and from H, irapunctata, H. 

 Rutenb., bv the very distinct (though faintly impressed) reticula- 

 tion of the elytra which is due to the presence of numerous 

 wrinkles irregularly traversing the surface, The strongly convex 

 -form of the pronotum causing its outline (viewed from the side) 

 to appear very strongly declivous in its hinder one-fourth, the 

 extremely convex elytra ; with their greatest height — viewed 

 from the side — considerably behind the middle), the clypeus dis- 

 tinctly emarsinate in front, the scutellum deeply excavated on 

 either side in the hinder part, and the densely pubescent anterior 

 4 coxa?, are characters that in combination distinguish this 

 species from all its described congeners (excluding the two 

 already mentioned. — of which I have not seen examples). It is 

 nearest to R. neroina, Biackb,, which, however, is a much larger 

 and more nitid insect, with the clypeus rounded in front, the 

 surface of the scutellum even, the rerlexed edging of the elytra 

 notably wider, »i:c., lire. 



S. Australia (Basin of Lake Eyre)' taken by Herr Koch near 



Farina. 



