BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 1229 



punctulatus; labro clypeum baud superanti; antennis 9-articulatis; 

 coxis posticis metasterno sat brevioribus; unguiculis appendicu- 

 latis ; unguieuloruni posticoruQi parte basali apicali fere duplo 

 longiori. [Long. 4|, lat. 2^ lines. 



The clypeus is evenly reflexed all round, the curve of its free 

 outline however being a good deal flattened or truncate in front 

 (the labrum being entirely below it) ; its plane is moderately 

 distinct from that of the rest of the head with a fairly marked 

 arched suture. The whole head is coarsely and very closely 

 (almost confluently) punctured and bears some longish erect hairs. 

 The prothorax is slightly more than half again as wide as long, its 

 base (which is bisinuate and moderately lobed in the middle) 

 being about half again as wide as its front which is rather strongly 

 concave, with sharp well-produced angles ; the sides are moderately 

 arched (at their greatest divergence a little behind the middle), 

 and the hind angles are much rounded off, — scarcely defined from 

 any point of view. The transverse wrinkling of the elytra is 

 rather conspicuous, their lateral fringe is normal, their apical 

 membrane obsolete. The hind coxse are considerably shorter than 

 the metasternum but only moderately longer than the 2nd ventral 

 segment. The whole undersurface is punctured very similarly to 

 the elytra, the hind coxae however having a large Isevigate antero- 

 internal space. The ventral series consist of fine hairs. The hind 

 femora are moderately wider than the intermediate and have their 

 inner apical angle but feebly defined. The hind claws are 

 appendiculate, their basal piece being about twice as long as the 

 apical. The three teeth on the front tibiae are fairly strong and 

 sharp, the uppermost being about half as large as the 2nd. 



The elytra are punctured a little less closely, and more strongly, 

 than those of H. gracilipes. The puncturation of the prothorax 

 (being slightly stronger and sparser than of the elytra) all the 

 more differs from that of H. gracilij^es. In the tabulation (Proc. 

 L.S.N.S.W. 1888, pp. 1328, &c.) this species would fall side by 

 side with H. Victoris to which it is extremely close, but the 

 differently shaped front of clypeus, prothorax more concave in 



