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Pascoe (/. c. p. 144) gives his reasons for taking Amphidora (after Leconte) 
as type of a subfamily distinct from the Adeliades. He considers it pro- 
bable that the species of his Ectyche are ant’s-nest insects. 
Pascoe (1. c. p. 133) tabulates the genus Adelium (Kirby) and certain of its 
allies, wbicli be characterizes as new. He also gives a furtlier account of the 
affinities and species of bis genus {H)OmoUpm (1. c. p. 143), and redescribes 
his genus and species Bhpcgmes aruspex (p. 41, pi. x. fig. 2), noticing a mis- 
take in the original description of the clypeiis (note), and pointing out that 
Ccradclium annatunif Preudhomme de Borre (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgique, xi. 
18G8, p. 125, and fig. ; omitted from Zool. B-ec. for 18G8), is synonymous 
with that species. l)e Borre notes this also (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xii. Comp, 
ren. p. xxiii), and refers to liis description of Ccrodeliiim in the Comptes 
rendus of the sitting of 4tb April, 18G8, Pascoe’s Bhpcgcnes having been 
published in Proc. Ent. Soc. for the same month. De Marseul (L’Abeille, vii. 
p. 41) speaks of Pascoe’s species as if published for the first time in Ann. & 
INIag. Jan. 18G0, and permits him.self some remarks distingui.shing between 
entomologists who describe and ‘‘real workers,” apparently intending a com- 
pliment to Do Borro’s isolated description and figure. 
New genera : — 
Melytra, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 34. Ant. slightly thickened at apex, third 
joint much longer than the rest; mentum subquadrate, last joint of labial 
palpi conic, labium membranous; outer lobe of maxillae short and trans- 
verse ; last joint of max. palpi slightly hatchet-shaped. Sp. M. ovata, sp. n., 
Pascoe, ibid. pi. x. fig. 1, Tasmania. 
IIyma;a, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 35. Ant. clavato, third joint not longer than 
the rest ; mentum transverse, gradually narrowed in front, labium horny ; 
outer lobe of maxillae elongate, narrow'ed, last joint of max. palpi ovate. 
Sp. H. succinifera, sp. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 3G, pi. x. fig. 3, Tasmania. 
Ectyche, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 143. Clypeus a little round anteriorly, sepa- 
rated from the front ; ant. tibiae dilated and obliquely truncated at the apex ; 
intercoxal process narrowed, rounded at apex. Sp. : E. erehea, sp. n., Pascoe, 
1. c. p. 144, pi. xi. fig. 1, Freemantle ; E. (?) nana, sp. n., Pasc. 1. c. p. 146, 
Gawler. 
BynlUus, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 42. Third joint of ant. elongate, cylindric ; 
front slightly convex, with no grooves ; inner lobe of max. narrow, curved 
and pointed ; elytra obovate, reticulate, epipl. fold obsolete. Sp. B. reticu- 
latus, sp. n., Pasc. 1. c. p. 43, pi. x. fig. G, Gippsland. 
Apasis, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 189. Anterior angles of mentum rounded ; 
prothorax truncate at apex; three intermed. joints of ant. tarsi in $ obconic, 
all tomentose beneath. Sp. A. howittii, sp. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 140, pi. xi. 
fig. 7 ( d ), Victoria. 
Licinoma, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 140. Tarsi slightly pilose beneath, pro- 
thorax with the apex not emarginate. Besembles Adelium, but with broader 
eye. Sp. L. niiida, sp. n., Pasc. ibid.. Mount Macedon, Victoria. 
Brycopia, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 141. Eye prominent, nearly circular ; cly- 
peal suture simple. Sp. B. pilosella, sp. n., Pasc. ibid.. Mount Macedon, 
Victoria. 
