706 REVISION OF THE GENUS HETERONYX. 



quite small (much less than half as large as the intermediate). 

 The hind claws are long and slender, their basal piece consider- 

 ably longer than the apical, and having a well-defined tooth at 

 its inner apex — which, however, is very much less than half the 

 size of the apical piece of the claw. 



An extremely distinct species, conspicuous for its velvety 

 appearance — strongly pruinose in some lights — the iridescence of 

 its undersurface, and its faint rather large puncturation, a tout 

 ensemble reminding one of Liparetrus discijyennis, Guer., and its 

 allies. The deep crimson-copper colour of the elytra in ordinary 

 specimens is also remarkable, some indication of that tinge per- 

 sisting in even the darkest specimens I have seen. 



Port Lincoln, also Yorke's Peninsula ; a specimen belonging 

 to Sir W. Macleay is said to be from King George's Sound. 



