194 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 



Thorax without trace of median Hne, and with a shallow fovea 

 near the sides at the broadest part. Elytra with the sutural and 

 four geminate striae distinct. Pygidium large, completely un- 

 covered, smooth, nitid, and mottled black and red. Abdomen 

 piceous brown, smooth, nitid. Pro-meso and metathorax flavo- 

 pilose. 



This species differs from H. obesus in being much more finely 

 punctate, and in having the pygidium much larger, smoother 

 and completely exposed. 



385. — Heteronyx holosbriceus. n. sp. 

 Length 6 lines. 

 Pale chesnut, subopaque, veiy finely and densely punctate, 

 and clothed very thickly with a silky pale yellow pubescence. 

 Head a little darker and more coarsely punctate than the rest of 

 the upper surface, with the clypeus entire, and the labrum not 

 appearing in front of it. Thorax ciliated at the sides with soft 

 I'eddish hairs, and almost truncate at the base, with an indistinct 

 blackish spot accompanied by a few coarse punctures near each 

 side. Elytra striate, — the sutural stria distinct, the rest almost 

 obsolete — and ciliated at the sides with soft reddish hairs. Pygi- 

 dium exposed, roughly punctate, and sparingly pilose, with a 

 fovea on each side and an indistinct depressed line in the middle. 

 Under surface less densely pubescent than the upper. Legs red. 



386. — Heteronyx pdbescens. n. sp. 

 Length 5 1 lines. 

 Brownish red, subnitid, punctate and pubescent. Clypeus 

 emarginate with the apex of the labrum visible from above. 

 Thorax and elytra coarsely and almost rugosely punctate with 

 the pubescence of a yellow colour and longer than in H. liolose- 

 riceus. Body beneath and pygidium very sparingly pubescent. 



387. — Heteronyx castaneus. n. sp. 

 Length 4 lines. 

 Pale chesnut, subnitid, finely punctate and pubescent. Cly- 



