BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 439 



and is stouter, but very little longer than the produced apex of 

 the latter. 



This species bears much resemblance to an Aphodius. 



N. Territory of S. Australia ; taken by Dr. Bovill. 



H. suBFUscus, Macl. 



Sir W. Macleay has forwarded a specimen of this insect to me. 

 To the characters mentioned by him (P.L.S.N.S.W., 1888, p. 916) 

 it will be well to add the following ; antennae 9-jointed, "trilobed 

 outline " of head fairly defined (the middle lobe being more than 

 half as wide as the lateral ones), hind coxse decidedly shorter than 

 metasternum and decidedly longer than 2nd ventral segment, 

 uppermost tooth on external margin of front tibise much less than 

 half as large as the middle tooth, apical piece of hind claws about 

 half as large as the basal piece and quite twice as large as the 

 produced apex of the latter. 



H. BOREALis, sp.nov. 



Elongatus ; postice vix dilatatus ; minus nitidus ; ferrugineus ; 

 pilis brevibus adpressis pallidis vestitus ; sat sequaliter sat crebre 

 minus subtiliter punctulatus ; labro clypeum fortiter sat anguste 

 superanti ; antennis 9-articulatis ; unguiculis bifidis. 



[Long. 3^, lat. Ig, lines. 



The "trilobed outline" of the head appears distinct, but irregular, 

 — owing to the slight convexity of the lateral lobes as compared 

 with the middle one which appears considerably longer and scarcely 

 more than half as wide as the former. The clypeus almost evenly 

 continues the plane of the rest of the head from which it is separ- 

 ated by a fairly defined scarcely angulated suture ; its front is 

 widely and feebly concave with the reflexed margin not carried 

 distinctly across. The prothorax is not much less than twice as 

 wide as long, its base about half again as wide as its front which 

 is bisinuate with slightly produced angles ; the sides are very 



