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rather than a spine. The elytra are very differently sculptured, 

 their puncturation being about equally strong but less close and 

 having a tendency to a sublinear arrangement especially behind, — 

 this sublinear puncturation taking the form of longitudinal strips 

 of punctures (the punctures in which are confused inter se) separ- 

 ated from each other by longitudinal Isevigate or sublsevigate 

 strips ; the longitudinal rows of small tubercles on the elytra, in 

 the outermost of which the tubercles are replaced by stout little 

 spines, at once distinguish this insect from H. pallidus, and the 

 colour is different. This species doubtless also resembles the 

 enigmatical H. i^rincej^s, Hope, but appears to be considerably 

 smaller and much narrower and more parallel, with the dilated 

 margins of the prothorax and elytra differently sculptured. 



It should be noted that the narrow external black edging of the 

 dilated marginal portion is continued along the base of both pro- 

 thorax and elytra. The bright testaceous colour of the dilated 

 margin, in strong contrast with the black disk and narrow outer 

 edging of black, makes this a very conspicuous species. 



Eucla, W. Australia ; in the collection of Mr. J. Anderson. 



Hel.eus consularis, Pasc. 



Mr. Anderson's collection contains a specimen which I think 

 must appertain to this species ; it was taken at Eucla. It is very 

 like H. moniUfe7'us, Pasc, — as H. consularis is said to be, — and 

 differs from the former exactly as consularis is said to do except 

 in respect of the reflexed margins which according to description 

 should be strong in consularis and feeble in mo7iili/erus, whereas 

 to Qie it appears that they are strong (about equally so) in both 

 species. This is certainly puzzling, but I can hardly think it likely 

 that I can have two undescribed species before me both closely 

 allied to moniliferus and consularis, —and that Sir W. Macleay is 

 also wrong in his identification of the former, — as vv^ould appear 

 to be the case if Mr. Pascoe's descriptions are strictly accurate in 

 respect of the reflexed margin. I think it more probable that 

 Mr. Pascoe's description of H. moniliferus was founded on an 



