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former are miicli swollen, and that the head is wider than in 

 BJiopcea. M. Lacordaire (in the " Gen. des Col.") throws no- 

 light on the matter, as he has not seen the type, but merely 

 remarks on the original description. 



The following species I attribute to Holophylla, as that genus 

 is characterised by Dr. Burmeister. It presents all the charac- 

 ters definitely assigned to the genus, and differs notably from 

 Bhopcca in the shortness of all its palpi, the joints of which 

 (except the apical of the maxillary) are conspicuously swollen. 

 Whether it be a true HolopJiylla or not it is CAndently new and 

 cannot be assigned to any other genus. Evidently belonging 

 to the true JMelolonthidce it differs inter alia from Wiopcea, as 

 already mentioned, and from Lepidiota and Lepidodenna in the 

 entire!}' different structure of its antenn?D. From the species o£ 

 Wiopcea it differs as follows (inter alia): — From Verreauxi 

 (known to me only by description) in its seven-jointed antennal 

 club ; from the other two in its very much more sparingly 

 punctured prothorax, &c., &c. ; from the already described 

 species of Holojjhi/lla (furfuracea, Burm.) it differs by its larger 

 size, spurred anterior tibiae, &c., &c. 



H. Australis, sp. nov. Sat nitida ; elongata-ovata ; supra pilis 

 adpressis et setis fulvis longis erectis vestita ; subtus 

 antice dense fulvo-pilosa, postice breviter pubescens ; 

 nigro-fusca, antennis, oris membris, prothoracis lateribus, 

 abdomine (inparte). et pedibus pallidioribus ; supra duplo- 

 punctata ; tibiis anticis apice intus unispinosis. Long. 

 10 1., lat. 5 1. 

 Maris flabello 7-articulato. 



The erect hairs on the upper surface are thick and long on 

 the head, prothorax, and scutellum ; on the elytra they grow 

 shorter and more sparing backward. The clypeus is sinuately 

 truncate in front, its margins strongly elevated, its surface 

 coarsely punctured ; the hinder part of the head is closely, 

 roughly, and finely punctured ; the declivous front part of the 

 clypeus (visible from beneath) is pale testaceous. The pro- 

 thorax is a trifle more than half again as wide as down the 

 middle it is long, and is nearly twice as wide at the base as in 

 front ; its sides are crenulate and moderately rounded ; its an- 

 terior angles are little marked, its posterior obtuse ; its surface- 

 is sprinkled (closely at the sides, sparingly in the middle) with 

 small and larger punctures, from the former of which spring- 

 short adpressed hairs, from the latter long erect ones. The 

 scutellum is punctured like the prothorax. The elytra are 

 similarly sculptured in respect of the small punctures, but the 

 larger ones (while similar near the base) are confused behind 

 by various obscure ill-defined furrows or wrinkles (somewhat 



