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still less than the type like Yarrelli. Its markings come nearer 
those of 8. b ifasciata, Saund., than of any other Stigmodera 
known to me, but it is certainly not that species. 
EUCNEMIDE. 
NEOLYCAON (gen. nov.) 
I propose this name as a substitute for Zycaon, Bonvouloir 
(Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1875), my tiation having been called by 
A. T 8. Hall, M.A. (of Melbourne University) to its being a 
om. pra@nce. in Zoology, owing to its use for Mammalia by 
Bos (I see Scudder gives it “Smith ”)in 182 » 
ELATERIDZE. 
Victorie, Cand. In a Ua N.S.W., 1891, p. 508, I 
M attributed to this species an insect occurring near 
Melbourne, the doubt arising from its antenn: being testaceous 
sent me a specimen as Ne Vietorie, which is identical with the 
insect I called ipa the n 
L. Farinensis, sp. n pt latus; sat opacus ; piceo-ferrugineus, 
prono 
vix latiori, sat vale er convexo (a latere viso), lateribus a 
basi sat longe ultra medium leviter subsinuatim divergenti- 
bus (hine ad inem fortiter convergentibus); elytris quam 
prothorax ut 9 ad 5 longioribus, subobsolete punctulato- 
striatis, interstitiis planis biseriatim (quam stris baud magis 
subtiliter) punctulatis plus minusve distincte grarulatis vel 
rugulosis,—epipleuris adversus abdominis basin recte 
; i 
sulcis ad -tarsos recipiendos in prosterno metasternoque sat 
fortiter Fem peen nec (ut Z. caliginosi, Guer., sunt) bene 
Ree Long., 22—31 l; lat., 1—1# 1. 
A very ilio t little species; the following characters in 
combination. distinguish it from all its described Australian 
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