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with the description that I consider nothing wanting to assur^ 

 the identification except the inspection of specimens from Tas- 

 mania. Since my former note was written I have found it on the 

 Victorian mountains. De Chaudoir refei-red H. promtiis to 

 Sradycellus. The species before me, however, is certainly con- 

 generic with those which Mr. Sloane has referred to the genus 

 JEutlitnarus (on comparison with New Zealand specimens) which 

 was founded by Bates for some Harfalidce, from New Zealand 

 allied to Bradycellua. The species that I have before me diffeis 

 from the other two described Australian Eulhenari by infer alia 

 the sharply rectangular hind corners of its prothorax. 



HAPLANER. 



H. insulicola, sp. nov. Robustus ; modice elongatus ; nitidus ; 

 piceus, palpis pedibus antennarum basi et elytrorum lateri- 

 bus postice testaceis, nonnullorum exemploruni pronoto et 

 corpore subtus obscure rufescentibus ; capite sat magno, 

 antice utrinque impresso ; prothorace sat fortiter transverse, 

 supra l^evi, subtiliter canaliculato, postice utrinque impresso, 

 basi quam margo anticus vix latiori, lateribus modice 

 arcuatis, latitudine majori ante medium sita, angulis anticis 

 haud productis posticis obtusis ; elytris postice ad latera 

 baud distincte sinuatis, profunde striatis, striis externis (9* 

 et 8"*" parte postica exceptis) et ceterarum (P 2* que exceptis) 

 parte postica obsoletis, striarum interstitiis fortiter convexis, 

 stria basali brevi fere nullo. 



Maris quam feminae statura sat brevior est. Long., 2^ — 3 1.; 

 lat., 1-1-,V 1. 

 This species is evidently congeneric with H. velox, Cast., 

 agreeing with it in the non-dilated tarsi of its male, the absence 

 of defined lateral elytral strise, and the almost non sinuate 

 lateral margin of the elytra. It differs from veloa: inter alia by 

 the four inner stiise of the elytra being very much mere deeply 

 impressed and having their interstices quite strongly convex, and 

 by the eighth elytral stria running forward into the front one- 

 fourth of the elytra where it coalesces with the ninth stria. 

 Thursday Island ; given to me by Captain Bourke, R.N. 

 S. velox, Cast. Kv. Sloane (P.L.S., N.S.W., 1898, p. 460) 

 expresses a doubt as to the occurrence of this species near Mel- 

 bourne. I have it from that locality and also from S. Australia. 

 N.B. — I do not know the derivation (and the consequent 

 gender) of the name Haplaner. Is it a misprint for Haplanes ? 

 I see Mr. Sloane calls it " Harplaner" but that is not Chaudoir's 

 name nor is it more intelligible than Haplaner. 



NOTOPHILUS. 



N, Icetus, Blackb. I have specimens from tropical Queensland 

 (sent to me by the late Mr. Cowley, of Cairns) which I am un- 

 able to separate from this South Australian species. 



