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Haplopsis viridis, sp.nov. 



Breviter ovata; supra fulvo-, subtus griseo-, pilosa; minus nitida ; 

 laete viridis, corpore subtus (et nonnullis exemplis elytris) 

 obscuriori ; capite prothoraceque sat crebre granulatis ; hoc 

 fortiter transverse, antice angustato, lateribus leviter arcuatis, 

 angulis anticis fortiter productis posticis obtusis ; elytris 

 obscure rugulosis, 5-lineatim (plus minusve distincte) longi- 

 tudinaliter convexis, lineis glabris vix rugulosis ; tavsorum 

 posticorum articulo 1° quam 2^^ fere duplo breviori. 



Maris clypeo latissime quadratim producto antice late leviter 

 emarginato antennarum clava elongata, tibiis anticis externe 

 leviter 3-dentatis. 



FeminjB clypeo antice angustato vix emarginato, antennarum 

 clava brevi, tibiis anticis externe fortiter 3-dentatis. 



[Long. 3-3f, lat, l|-2 lines 



N. S. Wales and Victoria. 



Byrrhomorpha, gen.nov. 



Generi Heteronyci affinis ; mentum concavum ; palporum 



labialium articulus apicalis piriformis ; maxillae 5-dentatge ; 



palporum maxillarium articulus ultimus quam penultimus 



plus quam duplo longior ; labrum permagnum supra clypeum 



sursum productum ; antennae breves, Q-articulatse, clava brevi 



3-articulata ; tibiae posticse minus breves apice modice 



dilatatae ; tarsi modici ; unguiculi simplices ; corpus valde 



crassum, crasse sculpturatum ; elytra sulcatis sulcis sub- 



geminatis. 



The species of this genus to a casual glance present somewhat 



the appearance of Byrrhus ; this peculiar build in combination 



with a labrum strongly elevated above the clypeus (giving the 



front of the head strongly the trilobed appearance characteristic 



of certain species of Heteronyx) and simple claws will, I think, 



distinguish the genus from all its allies. The mentum and 



labrum are so related to each other that from a certain point of 



view they appear to form a continuous surface which is deeply 



