BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 671 



Blanch. The punctures on the prothorax are spaced so that more 

 than 20 averagely separated would range down the middle line. 



It is not impossible that this is //. striatipennis, Blanch., (from 

 Tasmania), but the expression " elytris profunde striatis " of that 

 author would be so outrageously exaggerated if applied to this 

 species that in the absence of Tasmanian examples I think it 

 more likely that the two are distinct. 



Apparently occurring, not rarely, all over Southern Australia ; 

 I have not seen examples from Western Australia, Queensland, 

 or Tasmania. 



H. HiRTUOSUs, sp.nov. 



Minus elongatus ', postice leviter dilatatus ; sat nitidus ; pilis 

 fulvis antice longis curvatis erectis, postice minus longis depressis, 

 sat dense vestitus ; piceo-niger ; antennis, palpis, pedibus, eljtris, 

 et abdominis apice, plus minus rufis ; capite obscure crassissime 

 vix fortiter, prothorace profunde sat crebre, elytris squamose sat 

 crasse fortius nee crebre, pygidio fortius crebrius, punctulatis ; 

 labro clypeum vix superanti ; antennis 9-articulatis ; unguiculis 

 appendiculatis ; unguiculorum posticorum parte basali apicali vix 

 longiori ; coxis posticis metasterno manifesto nee multo brevior- 

 ibus ; elytris vix striatis. [I^oi^g* 2f , lat. I5 lines. 



Var. A. Prothorace, pedibus totis, et abdomine toto, ferrugineis. 



Var. B. Elytris antice, et abdomine toto, piceis. (Long. 3] 

 lines). 



Yar. C. Elytris totis (macula ferruginea obscura latera versus 

 excepta), et abdomine toto, piceis. (Long. 3 lines). 



The detailed description of H. juhatus is applicable to this 

 species with the following exceptions ; — the clypeal suture is less 

 strongly angulated in the middle, — the prothorax is somewhat less 

 than half again as wide as long and has more strongly rounded 

 sides which reach their greatest divergence further from the base, 

 the base moreover being less lobed hindward, — the elytra have no 

 (or scarcely any) indication of striae, — the hind coxae are slightly 



