BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 4^1 



adpressis pallidis vestitus ; capite crebre rugulose, prothorace 

 elytrisque sparsim fortius, pygidio obsolete, punctulatis ; labro 

 clypeuin leviter late superanti ; antennis 9-articulatis ; unguiculis 

 bifidis. [Long. 3], lat. 1? lines (vix). 



The " tiilobed outline " of the head appears fairly defined, — the 

 middle lobe shorter than, and considerably more than half as wide 

 as, the lateral lobes. The clypeus does not form an even surface 

 with the rest of the head from which it is separated by a well- 

 defined straight suture ; its front is rather strongly concave with 

 the reflexed margin very finely continuous in the middle. The 

 prothorax is | again as wide as long, its base about half again as 

 wide as its front which is gently concave with very feeble angles ; 

 the sides are gently arched, the hind angles quite rounded off; the 

 base is scarcely bisinuate and rather strongly convex hindward all 

 across. The elytra are punctured a little more closely than the 

 prothorax, their transverse wrinkling is very slight, their lateral 

 fringe normal, their apical membrane scarcely distinct. The hind 

 coxae are decidedly shorter than the metasternum and not much 

 longer than the 2nd ventral segment ; the metasternum is rather 

 sparsely and feebly punctured at the sides, more sparsely and 

 strongly towards the middle ; the hind coxae are rather coarsely 

 punctured except a small laevigate intero-anterior portion. The 

 ventral segments are feebly and sparingly punctured at the sides, 

 almost Isevigate in the middle. The ventral series are fairly con- 

 spicuous, consisting of long stoutish hairs. The hind femora are 

 not much wider than the intermediate, their inner apical angle ill- 

 defined. The three external teeth of the anterior tibiae are well- 

 defined but not particularly acute, the uppermost being less than 

 half as large as the middle one. The hind claws scarcely diflfer 

 from those of H. borealis. The basal joint of the hind tarsi is 

 distinctly shorter than the 2nd joint. 



The puncturation of this species is exceptionally sparse, — on the 

 prothorax as much so as in //. AugustcB, Blackb., — on the elytra 

 scarcely closer than on the prothorax. 



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



