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basi ad medium fere parallelis hinc antrorsum subsinuatim 

 convergentibus (a latere visis, paullo pone medium rotund ato 

 dilatatis), angulis anticis acutis posticis acutis nonnihil 

 dentiformibus, basi bisinuata ; scutello punctulato ; elytris 

 sat eequaliter striatis, interstitiis subconvexis sat fortiter 

 punctulatis ; pygidio fere ut elytra punctulata et pilosa. 

 Maris antennarum clava quam articuli ceteri conjuncti baud 

 breviori ; feminse paullo breviori. Long. 6 — 6 J 1., ; lat. 3 



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 For remarks on this species see the following {F. approximans). 

 Victoria and N.S. Wales. 

 F. approximans, sp. nov. Sat nitida ; fusca, antennis palpisque 

 dilutioribus, nonnullorum exemplorum elytris et corpore 

 subtus plus minusve rufescentibus ; ut F. hispida pilosa ; 

 capite antennisque ut F. hispidce ; prothorace sat fortiter 

 transverso, antice fortiter angustato (nonnullorum exem- 

 plorum obsolete canaliculato), quam caput vix minus crebre 

 punctulato, lateribus superne visis fere ut F. hispidce sed a 

 latere visis multo minus fortiter (et vix pone medium) 

 rotundato-dilatatis ; cetera ut F. hispidce. Long. 6 — 7 1. ; 

 lat. 2|— 4 1. 

 This species is readily distinguishable from nearly all the other 

 described Australian Sericoid Lamellicornes with simple claws by 

 the long slender erect hairs that are thinly placed in longitudinal 

 rows on its elytra. It is, however, extremely close to F. hispida 

 from which it diflPers by its darker color, the considerably closer 

 puncturation of its prothorax and the different lateral outline of 

 its prothorax. If this be looked at from the side it is seen in 

 F. hispida to form a strong curve the extreme convexity (that is, 

 the point where the prothorax is at its greatest width) of which is 

 markedly behind the middle, whereas in the present species it is 

 only very feebly curved outward, and the extreme convexity of 

 the curve is scarcely behind the middle of the length of the 

 lateral margin. Owing to the declivity of the sides of the 

 prothorax this difference is scarcely noticeable when the prothorax 

 is looked at from above. 



N.S.W. ; Sydney and northern districts. 

 F. hirticollis, sp. nov. Sat nitida ; fusca, plus minusve rufescens ; 

 fere ut F. hispida pilosa sed pilis erectis in prothorace ut in 

 elytris vestita ; capite ut F. hispidce ; antennis 9-articulatis, 

 clava sat elongata 3-articulata ; prothorace sat fortiter trans- 

 verso, antice angustato, dupliciter punctulato (puncturis 

 majoribus solis setiferis), lateribus superne visis modice 

 arcuatis (latitudine majori pone medium posita) basin versus 

 sinuatis (a latere visis fere ut F, hispida sed etiam magis 

 fortiter rotundato-dilatatis) ; cetera ut F. hispidce. 



