collected in Australia and Tasmania. 
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Hah. W. Australia — Eoebuck Bay. 
Four specimens^ found, under bark of white-gum/' 
Eucalyptus sp. 
Taxes alphitohioides, n. sp. 
Oblong-oval, rather convex, shining, pitchy-black ; the legs and 
antennae pitchy-brown, the three basal joints of the latter, the 
knees and tarsi testaceous ; above and beneath rather sparsely 
clothed with a short fine griseous pubescence ; the head and pro- 
thorax densely and finely, the elytra more sparsely and more 
coarsely, punctate. Antennae extending to a little beyond the 
humeri ; the apical three joints slightly longer than broad. Pro- 
thorax convex at the base, about twice as broad as long ; the sides 
strongly rounded from the middle forwards, almost parallel behind ; 
the hind angles rectangular. Elytra rather more than three times 
the length of the prothorax, flattened on the disc ; the sides sub- 
parallel to the middle, and thence arcuately converging to the apex ; 
finely punctate-striate, the punctures not coarser than those of 
the interstices, the latter flat on the disc and convex at the sides 
and apex. Penultimate joint of the tarsi narrowly lamellate 
beneath. Length 4|, breadth nearly 2j mm. 
Hah, N. W. Australia — Adelaide Eiver. ^ 
One specimen. Closely allied to T. depressus, but 
more convex and more elongate, tlie antennae a little 
longer, the thorax less transverse and more densely 
punctured, the elytral interstices more sparsely and more 
coarsely punctured, the punctures not finer than those of 
the striae, the penultimate joint of the tarsi more dis- 
tinctly lamellate beneath. A second specimen, from 
Port Darwin, has been sent by Mr. Walker to the British 
Museum. 
LAGRIID^. 
Lageia. 
Lagria, Fabricius, Ent. Syst., p. 124 (1775). 
Eight species of this genus have been described from 
Australia : representatives of three were obtained by Mr. 
Walker, two of which I am unable to identify and have 
therefore ventured to name them. 
