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strongly impressed (almost asperate) than in that species, and the puncturation of 
the head is well-defined. Unfortunately the nomenclature of the Australian 
Sapritii is in considerable confusion, so that T do not see my way to any definite 
opinion as to whether the insect before me may not have already received a name. 
CUCUJID^. 
IIECTARTHRUM. 
H. brevifossiim, Newm. (1), Alice Springs. 
LATHRIDIID^. 
CORTICARIA. 
C. Adelaides, Blackb. (1), Finke River. 
DERMESTID^. 
DERMESTES. 
D. vnlpimis, Fab. (1), Hermannsberg. 
HETEROCERID^. 
HETEROCERUS. 
H. muitimaculaius, Blackb. (2), Storm Creek, Hugh Creek. 
LAMELLICORNES. 
ONTHOPHAGUS. 
O. consentaneus, Har. ? (1), Tempe Downs. Unfortunately the description 
of O. conse7iia7ieus is so defective (especially through the omission of all refei’ence 
to sexual characters) that it is impossible in the absence of the type to arrive at 
any certainty as to what insect it was founded on. I have the present species 
from several localities in Queensland and Central Australia, and it agrees very 
well with Harold’s description such as it is. 
ATAENIUS. 
A. goyderensis, sp. nov. (10). Sat angustus; minus parallelus; nitidus; 
niger, clypei margine prothoracis lateribus antennis pedibusque plus minusve 
