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4. Hypaulax ohlonga, n. sp. 



Length ll-g lines. Oblong-; deep glossy black. Head 

 subquadrate^ smooth, exserted ; front arcuately depressed 

 at its junction with the epistome, an angulate line 

 faintly impressed on the crown ; eyes larger and more dis- 

 tant from the prothorax than in any of the preceding species ; 

 labrum very short, broadly truncate anteriorly, sepa- 

 rated from the front by a lunate line, with a transverse 

 impression at its base, just within the crown of the arch : 

 mentum as in H. tanla, except that the fore angles are 

 rounder, the apical notch less broad and deep, and the 

 median furrow more strongly marked ; labium rounded 

 in front, entire, not ciliate : groove on the cheeks short, 

 curved, and terminating in a deep lunate fovea. Thorax 

 longer than wide ; broad in front, strongly contracted 

 from behind the middle to the base ; sides moderately 

 rounded, with their margins reflexed and obtusely crenu- 

 late ; front angles rounded, the hind a little produced 

 and pointed ; finely punctured ; two shallow rounded im- 

 pressions on the disc at each side the median line 

 (which is distinctly furrowed towards the base), and 

 another near to each hind angle. Scutellum convex, tri- 

 angular. Elytra elongate, sub-parallel ; contracted be- 

 hind, and rather strongly sinuous towards the apex ; 

 shoulders depressed, with the humeral angles strongly 

 in relief; thickly margined at the base, which is closely 

 applied to the thorax ; deeply striate, the strifB strongly 

 punctured, the intervals strongly convex at the sides 

 and on the middle, flatter towards the suture. Prosternal 

 process truncate behind. Body beneath, and Ifigs, shin- 

 ing black, with the antennas, palpi, and t:irsi piceous. 



Eab. — New South Wales. 



I received this insect from Dresden as the Nyctohutcs 

 crcnata of Boisduval. 



5. Hypaulax ovalis, n. sp. (PI. XII. fig, 1) . 



Length 10 lines. Deep glossy black. Head moderately 

 prominent, convex, smooth ; epistome sinuous anteriorly, 

 separated from the front by an augulate line ; eyes more 

 prominent than in any of the preceding ; mentum as in 

 E. tarda j labium rounded in front, not ciliate ; groove 

 on the cheeks as in H. ohlonga, but broader and deeper. 



