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IX. On the Heteromerous Coleoptera collected in 
Australia and Tasmania hy Mr. James J. Walker, 
F.L.S., dtoring the voyage of H.M.S. 
" Pengidn/' with descriptions of new genera and 
species. Part II. By George C. Champion^ F.Z.S. 
[Read March 6th, 1895.] 
Plate YI. 
This paper deals witli the remainder of the Hetero- 
merous Coleoptera collected by Mr. Walker in Australia 
and Tasmania during the voyage of the Penguin.''^ It 
includes the families CistelidsB, Lagriidse^ Melandryidae, 
Pythidae, (Edemeridae^ Xylophilidae, Anthicidse, Mor- 
dellidse, Rhipidophoridae, and Meloidse. The Tene- 
brionidae were published in our " Transactions for last 
year, pp. 351-408. Eighty-eight species are enumer- 
.ated in the present paper, of which no less than sixty- 
six are described as new, with eight new genera. The 
widely-distributed genera Scraptia and Mordellistena are 
additions to the Australian list ; also Ctenoplectron and 
Techmessa, hitherto known from New Zealand only, and 
Lagrioida, which has a single representative in New 
Zealand and another in Chili. The Cistelidae, numerous 
in species in Australia, is a much neglected family, and 
it is not surprising that fourteen out of the fifteen 
species appear to be new, with four new genera. The 
Lagriidae are represented by three species ; one of these 
was described long ago by Gyllenhal, the other two are 
described as new. The Melandryidae have hitherto 
contained but a single described Australian species : 
eleven are now recorded, belonging to eight genera, 
three of which are characterized as new. The Pythidae 
are represented by two known species. The Q^demeridae 
contain numerous known representatives in Australia, 
nevertheless seven out of the ten species appear to be 
new. The Xylophilidas, with one previously known 
Australian representative, include six species, four of 
which are described, the others being in imperfect con- 
dition. The Anthicidae are numerous in Australia, and a 
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