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piceis exceptis) tibiis tarsis et abdominis lateribus rufo- 

 brunneis ; capite pronotoque opacis confertim subtiliter 

 punctulatis ; hoc postice marginato, ad latera minus fortiter 

 rotundato ; elytris sat fortiter subrugulose punctulatis 

 (exempli typici) substriatis, pone humeros parum angustatis ; 

 tibiis anticis lO-spinosis. 

 Maris clypeo antice dentibus 2 parvis acutis armato, inter 



dentes sat profunda emarginato. Long., 2 1.; lat., t 1. 

 Fem. latet. 



This species is very distinct from all its congeners known to 

 me by the considerably longer pubescence of its upper surface and 

 the much stronger puncturation of its elytra. The piceous marks 

 on the elytra are — in the type — a small blotch round the 

 scutellum, and on each elytron two elongate basal blotches be- 

 tween the scutellum and the lateral margin an irregular oblique 

 median blotch and a post-median blotch resembling roughly the 

 letter U with its convexity directed forward. The teeth on the 

 front of the clypeus of the male, though not actually large are 

 decidedly larger than those of H. indistinctus, Blackb., and are 

 well elevated with a sharp free point directed forward above the 

 labrum, while in indisfAnctus they are mere angular extensions of 

 the outline of the clypeus scarcely raised above the surface of the 

 labrum. The corresponding projections in Fhndersi, Blackb., 

 are very short and slender spines, while in debilipes, Black. 

 — described below — they are more like those of the present 

 species but somewhat smaller and less sharply pointed forward. 



S. Australia (bank of a Creek near Largs Bay.) 



H. debili2Jes, sp. nov. Sat elongatus ; sat convexus ; pone 

 humeros parum angustatus ; minus nitidus ; pube brevi 

 erecta vestitus ; obscure ferrugineus vel picescens, antennis 

 palpis mandibulis pedibusque testaceis, elytris testaceo- 

 brunneis notulis nonnullis piceis ornatis ; capite pronotoque 

 opacis confertim subtilissime punctulatis; hoc postice sub- 

 tiliter marginato, ad latera fortiter rotundato; eljtris 

 subtiliter confertissime subasperatim punctulatis, vix vel 

 nullo modo striatis ; tibiis anticis 8-spinosis. 



Maris clypeo profunde subtriangulariter emarginato, antice 

 bidentato, dentibus laminas compressas erectas nonnihil 

 simulantibus 



Feminse clypeo baud dentato. Long. 1|- 1 ; lat., 4 1. 



The distinctive characters of this species seem to be — small 

 size, convex subcylindric form, extremely close elytral punctura- 

 tion, extremely deep emargination of the front of the clypeus (best 

 seen when viewed obliquely from in front) and small number of 

 spines on the front tibiae. The puncturation of the elytra is 



