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This genus has the f acies of Frenchella^ from which it is readily 

 distinguished by the membranous lamella at the base of each 

 claw, as well as by the form of the apical joint of the labial palpi 

 and of the antennal club. I suspect the type is a female, but I 

 have no doubt the male scarcely differs in external structure ; I 

 do not recollect an instance of an Australian Melolonthid having 

 an extremely abbreviated antennal club in the female and a 

 longer one in the male. I judge the type to be a female only 

 because its tarsi are short and slender. The sexual distinctions 

 in the genera to which this is related are very slight, usually 

 almost confined to the length of the tarsi where the antennal 

 club is not in both sexes notably longer than it is in the insect 

 before me. 



N. parvicornis, sp. nov. Fem. 1 Sat nitida ; rufo-ferruginea J 

 pilis elongatis fimbriata ; corpore subtus pygidioque pilosa ; 

 capite confertim rugulose punctulato, clypeo late truncato- 

 rotundato, antice fortiter reflexo ; antennis 9-articulatiSy 

 clava perbrevi quadrata 3-articulata ; prothorace fortiter 

 transverso, antice fortiter angustato, sparsius (quam caput 

 multo minus crebre) punctulato, lateribus sat sequaliter 

 arcuatis, angulis anticis vix acutis posticis obtusis, basi 

 minus fortiter bisinuata ; scutello punctulato ; elytris sat 

 fortiter sat sequaliter striatis, interstitiis fortius vix crebre 

 punctulatis ; pygidio subopaco, creberrime subtilissime 

 ruguloso-punctulato ; tarsis brevibus ; articulo apicali inter 

 unguiculorum baseos lamina instructo ; unguiculis brevibus 

 fortiter curvatis. Long., 6| L; lat. 3^ 1. 



N.S. Wales ; taken by Mr. Lea at Forest Reefs. 



FRENCHELLA. 



In addition to the species of Blanchard and Burmeister already 

 mentioned by me (Pr. Linn Soc, N.S.W., 1892, p. 104) as 

 probably needing to be transferred from Haplonycha to Frenchella, 

 I find that S. iridescens, Blanch., is almost certainly a Frenchella ; 

 I have examples before me which seem to be clearly that species 

 The following are new ones. 



F. hispida, sp. nov. Sat nitida ; ferruginea, prothorace prope 

 marginem lateralem medium macula obscura notato ; supra 

 pilis elongatis fimbriata et in capite elytris pygidioque pilis 

 longis erectis sparsim vestita ; subtus sat pilosa ; capite 

 crebre fortiter rugulose punctulato, clypeo antice rotundato 

 modice (minus quam F. lubrici, Black.) reflexo ; antennis 

 8-articulatis, clava sat elongata 3-articulata ; prothorace sat 

 fortiter transverso, antice fortiter angustato, quam caput 

 multo minus crebre punctulato, lateribus superne visis a. 



