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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Helmdes. 
Pterohelcms. Pascoe, 1. c., describes the following new species : — 
P. nitidissimus, p. 282, South Australia ( = P. striato-punctahis, de Breine, 
neo Boisd.)j P. vicarius, p. 283, Queensland, N. S. Wales, Victoria; P. liti- 
(jioms, ibid., Sydney; P, altcrnatuSj p. 281, “Interior;” P. minimus, ibid.. 
Cooper’s Creek ; P. laticollis, p. 285, Melbourne ; P, hepaticus, ibid., Mel- 
bourne ; P. dispar, p. 280, Swan Biver. 
Helceus squamosus, sp. n., Pasc. 1. c. p. 286, pi. 12. fig. 4, Cooper’s Creek, 
Darling River. 
Saragus limbatus, sp. n., Pasc. 1. c. p. 287, Melbourne, Gawler. 
Coelometopides. 
Prises, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 145. Head sunk up to the eyes ; inner lobe of 
maxillae unarmed ; sides of thorax foliaceous. Sp. B. trachynotoides, sp. n., 
Pasc. 1. 0 . p. 146, pi. xi. fig. 5, Champion Bay. 
Asphalus, g. n., Pasc. ibid. Resembles Pe'dinus. Inner lobe of max. 
hooked ; last joint of all the tarsi longer than all the preceding joints together. 
Sp. A. eheninus, sp. n., Pasc. 1. c. p. 147, pi. xi. fig. 3, Clarence River. 
Hydissus, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 148 (note). Differs from Ilypaulax and 
Chileom (F. Bates) in sub-bilobed penult, joint of tarsi, the absence of grooves 
behind mentuin, and termination at shoulder of epipleural line. Sp. IL 
feronioides (Pasc.), 
Tenebrionides. 
Pascoe (/. c. p. 149, note) confirms his statement as to absence of hook 
on int. max. lobe of JDechius aphodioides, contradicted by F. Bates. He 
makes some observations (p. 150) on Boisduval’s descriptions in the ‘ Voyage 
de I’Astrolabe,’ and remarks that the genus Baryscelis of that author was 
never published. 
Pascoe (/. c. p. 153) thinks Boros (Hbst.) and its allies should be retained 
in the Tenebrionides, but kept apart from the Calcarides. He refers to the 
structure of their anterior coxjb. 
ScHAUFUSS (Beitr. Kennt. Col. Balear.) considers Tenebrio opacus (Dft.) 
to be only a var. of T. obscurus. 
Promethis, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 148. Ant. angles of prothorax produced, 
rounded ; margins entire. Sp. : (type) P. anyulatus (Er., Upis, Iphthimus) ; 
P. lethalis, sp. n., Pasc. ibid., Queensland; P. quadricollis, sp. n., Pasc. /. c. 
p. 149, Swan River. 
(Ectosis, g. n., Pascoe, ibid. Allied to Meneq^hilus, but less depressed, vrith 
a fold between base of mandible and eye ; epipleura absent towards the apex. 
Sp. CE. cylindrica (Germ., Upis). 
3Ieneristes, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 150. Tibiae with spurs, femora incrassate. 
Sp.: M. laticollis, sp. n., Pascoe, ibid., pi. xi. fig. 2, Victoria (? laticollis, Boisd.) ; 
M. intermedius, sp. n., Pasc. ibid., Gawler ; M. servulus, sp. n., Pasc. 1. c. 
p. 161, Tasmania to Queensland. 
Ephidonius, g. n., Pascoe, ibid. Tibiae strongly spurred, tarsi nearly naked 
beneath. Sp. E. acuticornis, sp. n., Pascoe, I, c. p. 162, pi. xi. fig. 6, Gawler, 
S. Australia. 
