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geminate - striatis) sat crebre minus subtiliter, 

 pygidio sparsius subtilius sat sequaliter, ])unc- 

 tulatis; antennis 9-articulatis, flabello 3-arti- 



culato (hujus articulis quam prsecedentes 5-con- 

 juncti vix brevioribns) ; palporum maxillarium articulo 

 penultimo (hoc subcylindrico ad apicem s^etis brevibus 

 minus perspicuis instructo) quam antepenultimus vix 

 longiori ; prothorace quam longiori duplo latiori, antice 

 sat angustato, postice retrorsum sat late declivi, sat 

 anguste marginato, angulis posticis rotundato-obtusis, basi 

 modice sinuata ; scutello acervatim punctulato : elytris ad 

 apicem muticis ; propygidio apicem versus crebre aspere 

 minus subtiliter punctulato ; tarsorum posticorum arti- 

 culo basali quam 2"" vix breviori. Long., 9 1. ; lat., 34- 1. 



From the comparatively long lamellae of the ant-ennal 

 flabellum and the feebly and evenly convex pygidium I take 

 my unique example of this insect to be a male. It is very 

 distinct from most of the species that resemble it super- 

 ficially, by the structure of its maxillary palpi. 



South-west Australia. 



H. facHa, sp. nov. Fem.( ?) Ovata ; minus brevis : nitida ; 

 rufo-brunnea, antennis palpis elytrisque dilutioribus (his 

 exempli typici anguste fusco-marginatis) ; corpore sub- 

 tus pedibusque longe pilosis; palporum maxillarium arti- 

 culo S*" quam 2"' parum (quam 4^"* pauUo) breviori ; 

 antennis 9-articulatis, articulo 3° quam 4"'' vix longiori, 

 6° introrsum acuto ; clava 3-articulata (laminis articulis 

 2-6 conjunctis longitudine vix sequalibus) ; clypeo brevi, 

 sat fortiter reflexo, cum fronte sat grosae vix crebre 

 punctulato, parte antica perpendiculari pernitida vix 

 punctulata, (serie puncturarum magnarum setiferarum 

 excepta) ; prothorace quam longiori fere duplo latiori, an- 

 tice sat angustato, supra inaequaliter sat fortiter punctu- 

 lato, lateribus fortiter rotundatis sat anguste margm- 

 atis, basi sat fortiter sinuata, angulis posticis obtusis sat 

 bene determinatis nonnihil dilatatis ; elytris leviter genn- 

 nato-striatis, minus fortiter sat crebre punctulatis : py- 

 gidio nitido, inaequaliter subgrosse punctulato, longitudi- 

 naliter obtuse carinato ; tarsorum posticorum articulo 

 basali quam 2"^ paullo breviori. Long., 8 1. : lat., 4 1. 



A nitid species, of clear bright colour, the fuscous edging 

 of the elytra probably not constant, as it is more conspicuous 

 in some parts than in others. I think the type a female, but 

 probably there is very little external difference between the 

 sexes, as in the allied 77. testaceipennis, Macl. The antennal 



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