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AVestern Australia : taken by Mr. Lea near Bridgetown. 

 //. nohili>i, sp. nov. Fern.? Ovata ; sat elongata ; subnitida; 

 rufobrunn-ea ; modice iridescens ; corpore subtus pedi- 

 busque longe pilosis ; palporum maxillarium articulo 3° 

 quam 2"' fere longiori, quam 4"' parum breviori ; an- 

 tennis 9-articiilati&, articulo 4" quam 3"*^ sat longiori, 

 clava 4-articulata quam articuli 2-5 conjuncti vix bre- 

 viori clavse articulo basali valde abbreviato ; clypeo mod- 

 ice elongato, fortiter reflexo, sat crebre punctulato ; 

 fronte crebre punctulata ; prothorace quam longiori 

 duplo latiori, antice sat angustato, supra sparsius sub- 

 tilius punctulato, lateribus minus arcuatis sat anguste 

 marginatis, basi parum sinuata, angulis posticis obtusis 

 (bene definitis) ; elytris subfortiter geminato-striatis, sat 

 crebre subfortiter punctulatis ; pygidio nitido. obsolete 

 sparsim punctulato : tarsorum posticorum articulo basali 

 quam 2"' multo breviori. Long., 14 1, ; lat.. 74- 1. 

 This remarkably fine species furnishes an instance of 

 the difficulty that occurs, in almost all large genera, of tabu- 

 lating the species through the existence of one here and there 

 that does not seem to fit in anywhere satisfactorily. Its natu- 

 ral place is c^uite clearly among the species that form my 

 fourth group, but its maxillary palpi certainly present a 

 difficulty in so classifyins" it, as the 3rd joint is decidedly not 

 longer than the 2nd. I am not justified in breaking off a 

 palpus for measurement, but I suspect the 2nd joint would 

 prove to be slightly longer than the 3rd. There is, however, 

 in the fifth group not one species known to me which cannot 

 be at once separated from the present insect by not present- 

 ing in combination an iridescent dorsal surface and palpi 

 with joints 2 and 3 subequal in length. I have littlp doubt of 

 the unique type being a female, or of the male havinp- a much 

 more elongate antennal club consisting of 4 subequal lamellcC. 

 Western Australia ; in the South Australian Museum 

 (Muir). 



H. anupiui, sp. nov. Mas. Elongata: leviter ovata ; subni- 

 tida ; rufa, elytris antennis palpisque testaceo-bruxineis ; 

 iridescens ; corpore subtus pedibusque lon^e pilosis : pal- 

 porum maxillarium articulo 3" quam 2"' parum longiori, 

 quam 4'" sat breviori; antennis 9-articulatis, articulo 

 4" quam 3''^ subbreviori, clava 3-articulata quam arti- 

 culi 2-6 conjuncti sat longiori : clypeo minus elongato, 

 fortiter reflexo, cum fronte crebre fortius punctulato ; 

 prothorace quam longiori duplo latiori, antice modice 

 angustato, supra sparsim leviter punctulato, lateribus 

 sat fortiter rotundatis, anguste marginatis, pone me- 



