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hexagono lateribus marginatis concolori ; elytris striato-puncta- 

 tis ; corpore infrd piceo, pedibus concoloribus . Long. lin. 4 

 lat. lin. 1J. 



This, I believe, is the first time that Catascopus has occurred in 

 New Holland, and it is singular that the form of it approaches the 

 species of Africa much more than those of India. 



Gnathaphanus (M. L.?) Licinoides, Hope. Niger, thorace fossulis 

 posted fortiter impressis, elytris sulcato-striatis , punctisque excava- 

 tis, corpore infra atro nitido, tarsis infra fusco- spongiosis. Long, 

 lin. 5f, lat. lin. If. 

 I have little hesitation in regarding this insect as a true Gnatha- 

 phanus ; it has not hitherto been found but in the island of Java. 



Cyrtoderus*, n. g. 



Antenna \\-articulat<c, articulo \ mo quatuor proximis cequali, cylin- 

 drico, apice incrassato, subtruncato, reliquis fere aqualibus. Man- 

 dibula apice subincurvattc. Labrum quadratum medio productum 

 subciliatum. Mentum transversum. Palpi maxillares ultimo ar- 

 ticulo subsecuriformi, oblique truncato. Palpi labiates ultimo ar- 

 ticulo fere trigono, valde securiformi. Thorax subquadratus an- 

 gulis posticis lateribusque rotundatis. Corpus gibbosum. Pedes 

 robusti, tibiis spinosis. 



Cyrtoderus Australasia?. Niger, antennarum articulis tribus primis 

 piceis, reliquis pubescentibus ; thorace lined media longitudinali, 

 antice posticeque interruptd, fossuldque utrinque retrorsum fortiter 

 impressd ; scutello parvo vix distincto ; elytris striatis interstitiis 

 elevatis, marginatis, serie tuberculorum ad margines externos ap- 

 proximatd; corpore subtils nigro, tibiis spinosis. Long. lin. 8, 

 lat. lin. 2±. 



Hydradephaga. 

 Cybister insularis, Hope. Niger, capite integro convexo, oculis albis, 

 thorace sub lente subtilissime punctato, marginibus exterioribus 

 fiavescentibus ; elytris nigris flavo-marginatis, disco binis lineis 

 punctorum haud fortiter impresso ; corpore infra nigro nitido, 

 pedibus quatuor anticis flavo-ornatis, posticis atro-piceis. Long, 

 lin. 8, lat. lin. 4|. 

 This is the smallest species known, being scarcely larger than a 

 Hydaticus. 



Colymbetes monostigma, Hope. Ater, nitidus, elytris uno aurantio 

 stigmate ornatis, corpore infrd nigro, pedibus rufo-piceis. Long, 

 lin. 3£, lat. lin. 2. 



Hydroporus collaris, Hope. Nigro-piceus punctatus ; thorace medio 

 convexo, lateribus utrinque fortiter depressis ; elytris subtilissime 

 punctulatis piceis, corpore infrd pedibusque concoloribus. Long, 

 lin. If, lat. lin. f . 



Dineutes (MacLeay) Gouldii, Hope. Nigro-aneus nitidus, thora- 

 cisque elytrorumque margine flavo. elytris trispinosis, spina media 



* Kvf>r6g and ligy. I know not where to place this genus ; it seems allied 

 to Zabrus, and unites in itself the characters of other families. I have also 

 received it from Melville Island. 



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