430 REVISION OF THE GENUS HETERONYX, 



basal piece of the hind claws is slender and more than half as 

 large as the entire apical piece. 



Apparently common. I have seen specimens from N. S. Wales, 

 Victoria, and S. Australia. 



H. APHODioiDES, Blanch. 



The information regarding this species supplied by its place in 

 the preceding tabulation added to that furnished in the original 

 description will render it easy of identification. The insect to 

 which I apply the name (and to which Sir W. Macleay also applies 

 it), differs from the description a little in the puncturation of the 

 prothorax which is stated by Blanchard to be '-deep," but I find 

 that the punctures although rather large are only lightly im- 

 pressed. H. aspericoUis has a deeply punctured prothorax, but 

 also has the pygidium strongly punctulate, which in ai^hodioides 

 is said to be " scarcely punctured." If H. aphodioides be before 

 me at all it is certainly I think the insect to which I apply the 

 name, and which differs from the description so slightly that I am 

 unwilling to give it a new name. It may be added that some 

 specimens have a faint metallic tinge, and that the produced apex 

 of the basal piece of the hind claws is very little smaller than the 

 entire apical piece. The costa? on the elytra (mentioned by 

 Blanchard) are in reality only very slight, — resembling those of 

 j^T. potens (to which this species is clearly allied) — but distinguish 

 it and some other species from nearly all the genus. 



N. S. Wales, apparently common. 



H. INCULTUS, sp.nov. 



Brevis ; sat latus ; postice dilatatus ; minus nitidus ; niger, ore 

 pedibusque piceis ; pilis sat elongatis pallidis vestitus , leviter 

 punctulatus ; labro clypeum sat anguste sat fortiter superanti; 

 antennis 9-articulatis ; unguiculis bifidis. 



[Long. 3 1, lat. li lines. 



