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AUSTRALIAX COLEOPTERA : NOTES AND NEW SPECIES, 



segments densely so and terminated by a fringe of golden hair; protibiae 4-den- 

 tate externally, bidentate internally, hind tibiae with 3 strong spines at apex, 

 profemora with wide excision on inside edge near apex. 



S with shorter mandibles (about 2 mm.) ; these rugose-punctate above, with 

 two small tubercles on outside edge near base; the pronotum coarsely punctate, 

 especially near sides (in marked contrast to the puncturation of c? ). 



Dimensions, c?. 19-23 x 8-10 mm. ?. 17-23 x 8-11 mm. • 



Hah. — New South Wales: Mount Royal or Barrington Tablelands. (Mr. 

 Joiin Hopson). 



Eight examples examined, 5 c?. 3 ?, taken by Mr. Hopson. It is allied to H. 

 jiifltdaris Westw., but differs from that species in its extremely nitid and lightly 

 punctate surface, the structure of head and mandibles, the narrower and 



Text-fig. 1. A'/ivssoiio/iis po/i/tis, n.sp. (J . 



,, 2. ' ,, ,, Head of?. 



,, 3. Lissap/fiiis /lopsuiii, n.s'p. tS . 



,, 4. ,, ,, Head of?. 



smoother elytral margins inter alia. h'. laticeps Macl. is still closer in colour and 

 facies, but has striate-punctate elytra with sharp wing-shaped lateral projections 

 to the head. Types in Coll. Carter. 



LissAPTERl's HOPSONi, n. sp. (Text-figs. 3, 4.) 



Hlack, uioderuteiy nitid, legs and tarsi clad with golden hairs. 



c?. Head wide and convex, sides bilobed, the anterior lobe somewhat squarely 

 explanate, the carinate border of the eye terminating anteriorly in a small tubercle, 

 tlie posterior lobe forming a blunt tooth pointing outwards, a small tooth also 

 on sides between anterior and posterior lobes ; surface coarsely punctate at sides, 

 becoming smooth at middle and apex; mandibles (projecting about 3 mm.) 



