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minus fortiter geminato-striatis, crebre minus fortiter 

 punctulatis ; pygidio minus nitido crebre subtilius granu- 

 lato-punctulato et secis perbrevibus erectis vestito ; tar- 

 sorum posticorum articulo basali quam 2"^ niulto breviori. 

 Long., 8 1.; lat., 4| 1. 



Resembles the preceding ( IJ . accepta) in respect of its 

 puncturation, but differs much by its antennal structure, as 

 well as by its shorter clypeus, much more shortly ovate form, 

 etc. Judging by the length of its antennal lamellae I take the 

 unique type to be a female. The length of those joints is 

 about as in accepta, but owing to the shortness of the stipes 

 the lamellae are longer than the four joints preceding them. 

 North Queensland ; given to me by Mr. French. 



[I . puradoxa, sp. nov. Mas. Ovata ; modice elongata ; nitida ; 

 rufa, eiytris (his iridesceutibus) palpis antennisque 

 dilutioribus ; sternis femoribusque ionge fulvo 

 pilosis, prothorace (exempli typici forsitan 



abrasi) liaud pilis fimbriato ; capite crebrius 

 subfortiter (postice magis subtiliter), prothorace 

 crebrius leviter, eiytris (his geminato-striatis) sparsim 

 minus fortiter, pygidio (hoc giabro coriaceo) subtiliter sat 

 crebre, propygidio^ (hoc sparsim setoso) sparsim subfor- 

 titer, punctulatis ; antennis 9-articulatis, flabello 4-articu- 

 lato (hujus articulis quam praecedentes 5 conjuncti sat 

 longioribus) ; palporum maxillarium articulo penultimo 

 (hoc modice elongato plurisetoso ad apicem dilatato) 

 quam antepenultimus (hoc sat robusto) multo longiori ; 

 prothorace quam longiori fere duplo latiori, antice minus 

 angustato, trans versim sat convexo, sat anguste margin - 

 ato, angulis posticis obtusis, lateribus paullo pone medium 

 leviter dilatato-rotundatis ; scutello fere laevi ; eiytris ad 

 apicem muticis ; tarsorum posticorum articulo basali quam 

 2"'" manifeste nee multo breviori. Long., 8 1. ; lat., 4J 1. 

 An isolated species, som.ewhat difficult to place in the 

 genus. Its facies, colouring, and sculpture are suggestive of 

 testaceipenms, Macl. and its allies, but its maxillary palpi re- 

 semble those of the preceding species, with the penultimate 

 joint, however, less cylindric and with more numerous setae : 

 its antennal club seems to associate it with f/ir/n?ifea and allied 

 species. I know no species really close to it structurally. 

 When both sexes of all the species of Haplonycha are known 

 it may well be that this insect may have to be treated as 

 generically distinct from them. 



Western Australia ; I have no record of the exact locality, 

 but probably it was taken by my son, near Coolgardie. 



