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//. mhvl!r<,lfi, sp. iiov. Mas. Sat late ovata ; sat nitida : 

 rut'o-bruunea, capite pronoto scutelb pygidio et segmento 

 ventrali apicali iiigris : corpore subtus et pedibus loiige 

 pilosis; palporum niaxillariuni articulo 3" quam 2"* vix 

 (quam 4"' multo) breviori ; antennis 9-articulatis, articu- 

 lis 3" 4'' que sat aiqualibus, clava 4-articulata (vel quasi 

 5-articulata, articulo autennarum 5" breviter sed mani- 

 fest-e lanielliforiiii) : clype.) niodice elongate, sat crebre 

 puuctulato : froiite crebre punctulata ; prothorace quam 

 longiori ut 7 ad 4 latiori, aiitice sat angustato, supra 

 sparsius subtilius puuctulato, lateribus modice arcuatis 

 sat anguste (parte postica minus anguste) marginatis 

 pone medium subforuter sinuatis, basi sat fartiter sinu- 

 ata (parte mediana subfortiter lobata), margine basali 

 lat-era versus magis elevato, angulis posticis manifesto 

 dilatatis fere rectis subprominulis (superne visis) ; elytris 

 leviter geminato-striatis, crebrius sat fortiter punctu- 

 latis : pygidio nitido sparsim leviter punctulato ; tar- 

 sorum posticorum articulo basali quam 2"' paullo bre- 

 viori. Long., 8 1. : lat., 4J 1. 



Easily distinguishable, by its colouring, from its nearest 

 allies, also by the tiner and less close puncturation of its pro- 

 notum. The lamellae of its antennae are not much different 

 from those of the male of //. electa, Blackb., but that of the 

 5th antennal joint is very evidently more developed. I have 

 seen nine specimens of this insect, all from the sandy regions 

 about Eucla, and other parts of south-west Australia (some 

 of them taken by Mr. Graham), and find only very feebly 

 indicated sexual character. The examples which I take to 

 be females are a little smaller than the described type, with 

 the antennal laminae a little shorter, the 5th antennal joint 

 scarcely lameliiforn), and the puncturation of the frons and 

 the pronotum a little finer and less close. It is just possible 

 that these specimens are feebly developed males, and that I 

 have not seen the female. 



South-west Australia (Eucla, etc.). 



TJ . (Ki)i'irir<'j)><, sp. nov. Fem. Robusta : ovata; minus lata; 

 sat nitida ; obscure rufo-brunnea ; corpore subtus pedi- 

 busque longe pilosis : palporum maxillarium articulis 2-4 

 inter se longitudine sat sequalibus ; antennis 9-articu- 

 latis, articulo 4" (juam 3"~ nonnihil long-iori, clava 3- 

 articulata (laminis quam autennarum articuli 2-6 con- 

 juncti sat brevioribus) ; clypeo modice elongato, sat for- 

 titer reflexo, cum fronte confertim sat rugulose punctu- 

 lato ; prothorace quam lonsfiori fere duplo latiori, antice 

 sat angustato. supra crebre subfortiter punctulato, lateri- 



