1244 REVISION OF THE GENUS HETERONYX, 



the name to any species from another locality without seeing 

 the type. 



H. hepaticus, Er. (stated by M. Blanchard to be identical with 

 H. Australis). 



H. fumatus^ Er., H. glabrahis, Er., H. unicolor, Blanch. I-ong. 

 4 J lines. The descriptions are too vague to be identilfied safely 

 with any specimen not from Tasmania ; none of the Tasmanians 

 I have seen agree with them. 



H. stj^iatijjennis, Blanch, (already referred to, — vide p. 671). 



H. dimidiatus, Er. (already referred to, — vide p. 668). 



R. obscicrus, Blanch. From Raffles Bay, N. Australia. Long. 

 4 J lines. A black species, with the club of the antennae black ; I 

 feel sure I have not seen it. 



H. pilosus, Blanch. From Raffles Bay. Long. 3-3 J lines. A 

 pale-coloured, very pilose species ; the prothorax very finely, the 

 elytra very deeply punctulate. I feel sure I have not seen it. 



H. pellucidus, Burm. Long, 3 lines. From S. Australia. I 

 cannot identify this description with any of the numerous S. 

 Australian Heteronyces before me. The species seems to be a very 

 distinct one, — of testaceous colour, with the prothorax almost 

 laevigate, elytra fairly strongly punctulate, front tibi?e with 2 

 well-defined teeth and also a minute notch close to the knee, front 

 claws of ^ unequal inter se. 



H. proximus, Burm. Long. 5 lines. From W. Australia. 

 Said to be very like H. agrestis but even more finely punctured. 

 I have seen nothing from W. Australia agreeing with these 

 characters ; the description is not detailed enough to justify its 

 identification with species from other parts of the continent, 

 especially since the presumption is strongly against a W. Aus- 

 tralian species of Heteronyx occurring elsewhere. H. ohesus is the 

 solitary instance known to me of such a distribution, — unless the 

 tropical examples of H. agrestis (?) referred to on page 688 be 



