BY THE REV. T, BLACKBURX. 779 



elytral sculpture, &c. Of the Australian species of Hyiiliari->ax 

 described by the Bai'on de Chaudoir in his monograph of tlie 

 genus (Ann. Mus. Gen. 1878), the only species described as having 

 the legs testaceous is one from Cape York which the author 

 abstained from naming because he had not seen a male, which he 

 thought might possibly be a var. of H. Jlavitarsis, and which is 

 considerably larger than the present insect. Of the species 

 attributed by the Baron to Diaj)horomerus, I have no doubt that 

 some belong properly to Hypharpax, and several of the latter 

 might (in respect of colour) be confused with H, vilis. These are 

 as follows, — Flindersi, Cast., which has the hind femora of the 

 male unarmed, — maridibidaris, Cast., of which the male is 

 unknown, but its habitat in North Queensland and very small size 

 are at variance with any likelihood of identity with this S. 

 Australian species,— flavipalpis (also from N. Queensland) in 

 which the pi'othoracic fovese are said to be impunctate and the 

 setiferous punctures of the elytra remote fi^om the apex, — and 

 Dampieri in which the elytral punctures are said to be invariably 

 wanting and the prothorax narrower at the base than in front.* 



N.B. — This species has been mixed in my collection until lately 

 with //. Deyrollei, Cast., and I have only recently observed its 

 undoubted distinctness ; I fear it is probable that I may have 

 named it for some of my correspondents as being //. Deyrollei. 



Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Port Augusta, Lake Eyre Basin, &c. 



Lecanomerus nitidus, sp.nov. 



Sat brevis ; sat latus ; nitidus ; piceo-niger nee iridescens ; 

 antennis (basi testacea excepta) fuscis ; labro mandibulisque 

 (his apice nigris) rufis ; palpis pedibusque testaceis ; protho- 

 racis elytrorumque marginibus vix rufescentibus ; prothorace 

 leviter transverso, canaliculato, laevi, postice utrinque leviter 

 impresso, angulis posticis subrotundatis ; elytris sat fortiter 



* The Baron in describing D. Damjneri states that it is the only species 

 of the genus presenting this character, and then on the next page but one 

 attributes the same character to D. Deyrollei. 



