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well-defined, as in H. Iceta, and that of the elytra is narrow, (some- 

 what narrower than in H. major) and but little attenuated behind. 

 The elytra have strongly rounded sides and at their widest (slightly 

 in front of the middle) are together almost as wide as long (about 

 as 8 to 9) ; their surface bears a widely meshed reticulation of fine 

 scratch-like wrinkles. The sutures between the metasternum and 

 its episterna are straight. The front tarsi are wanting in my 

 specimen. 



N.S. Wales; Lachlan River ; sent to me by Mr. T. G. Sloane. 



Hypocilibe sculpturata, sp.nov. 



1^ (?) Ovata, elytris subgibbosis ; supra minus, subtus plus, 

 nitida ; nigra, certo adspectu subviolacea, antennis palpis 

 ])edibusque vix picescentibus ; capite sparsim subtilissime, 

 prothorace vix manifeste, elytris sparsim leviter sat minute 

 (quam caput multo fortius), segmentis ventralibus (horum 

 basalibus 3 longitudinaliter rugatis) sparsim (segmentis 

 basalibus 3 sparsissime) subtilissime, punctulatis ; prothorace 

 quam longiori duplo latiori, postice quam antice fere duabus 

 partibus latiori, antice modice minus arcuatim emarginato, 

 iatitudine majori fere ante medium posita, lateribus minus 

 rotundatis postice leviter sinuatis, angnlis anticis vix, posticis 

 sat manifeste, acutis ; elytris prothorace vix plus quarta 

 parte latioribus, postice modice declivibus, longitudinaliter 

 vix 3-costatis : tibiis posterioribus intus lineatim tomentosis. 



[Long. 8, lat. 5^ lines. 

 The length of the prothorax down the middle is not quite 2 lines? 

 while the distance between the apices of the anterior and posterior 

 angles is 2? lines and the middle of a line joining the apices of 

 the two front angles would be a little more than I line distant 

 from the middle of the front of the prothorax. The gular furrow 

 and submentum are almost as in the preceding species. The pro- 

 sternum is very evenly etnarginate in front; behind it is flattened, 

 bistriate at the sides, and truncate at the apex. The anterior 

 coxfe are smoothly, the anterior rugulosely, punctulate. The row 

 of punctures close to the margin of the elytra is well defined and 



