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Easily distinguishable from all the other species of its 

 group by the very strongly thickened margin of its elytra. It 

 is near H. spadicc, but differs from it by numerous minor char- 

 acters indicated in the diagnosis above, as well as- by the re- 

 markable lateral border of its -elytra. 



North Queensland (Mr. R. C. L. Perkins). 



H. longior, sp. nov. Mas. Elongato-subovata ; sat nitida; 

 testacea, capite pedi Dusque ruf escentibus ; corpore sub- 

 tus f emoribusque longe pilosis ; palporum maxillarium arti- 

 culo 3° quam 2"* paullo (quam 4"* multo hoc fovea 

 magna impresso) breviori ; antennis 9-articulatis, articulis 

 3° 4'' que inter se sat gequalibus, clava 4-arliculata quam 

 articuli 2-5 conjuncti sat longiori ; clypeo minus iato, 

 antice subtruncato, fortiter reflexo, sparsim punctulato ; 

 fronte conf ertim subtilius punctulata ; prothorace quam 

 longiori, ut 15 ad 9 latiori, antice sat angustato, supra 

 subtilius vix crebre punctulato, lateribus minus arcuatis 

 anguste marginatis, basi manifeste sinuata, pilis erectis 

 fimbriata, angulis posticis obtusis ; elytris fortius gemi- 

 nato-striatis, fortius vix crebre punctulatis ; pygidio minus 

 nitido, subtiliter subcoriaceo, sparsim subtiliter punctu- 

 lato ; tarsorum posticorum articulo basali quam 2"^ 

 multo breviori. Long., 8 1. ; lat., 3f 1. 

 Narrower and less dilated hindward than its allies, its 

 clypeus more sparsely punctulate, its pronotum fringed with 

 erect hairs immediately in front of the basal edging, etc., etc. 

 North-west Australia: Roebuck Bay (Mr. F. Bishop). 



H. Sloanei, sp. nov. Ovata, sat lata ; minus nitida ; rufo- 

 brunnea ; iridescens; corpore subtus pedibusque longe 

 pilosis ; palporum maxillarium articulo 3° quam 2"* 

 multo longiori quam 4"' multo breviori : anfcennis 9- 

 articulatis, articulo 4" quam 3"^ sat longiori, clava 3-ar- 

 ticulata ; clypeo sat brevi, modice reflexo, cum fronte 

 crebre rugulose punctulato ; prothorace quam longiori 

 duplo latiori, antice sat angustato, supra crebrius nee 

 profunde punctulato, lateribus sat fortiter rotundatis 

 anguste marginatis, basi leviter sinuata, angulis posticis 

 rotundato-obtusis ; elytris leviter geminato-striatis, for- 

 tius minus crebre punctulatis : pygidio minus nitido, sub- 

 tiliter subcoriaceo, leviter sat crebre punctulato, setis per- 

 brevibus erectis vestito ; tarsorum posticorum articulo bas- 

 ali quam 2"^ sat breviori. 



Maris antennarum flabellis articulis 2-6 conjunctis longitudine 

 sat sequalibus, feminse paullo brevioribus. Long., 9 1. ; 

 lat., 4± 1. 



