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side (two on the inner margin o£ the eye) ; front of thorax 

 narrower, the two punctures on the disc are nearer together ; 

 elytra a little shorter, a little more squamosely punctate, alto- 

 gether black ; abdomen much more sparsely punctate, especially 

 the top. 



Length. — 6 mill. 



Localities. — Melbourne, Adelaide. 



H. picipennis, Fauvel, I., p. 108. 



One-third smaller than H. pj'csvla, much narrower, with 

 more thin and fine dusky pubescence ; antennae a little more 

 slender ; head slightly narrower, eyes half the size, two punc- 

 tures above the forehead and behind the disc ; thorax little 

 more than half the breadth, cylindrical, obconic, much broader 

 anteriorly, much narrower posteriorly, head nearly quarter as 

 broad again in front of the base ; two punctures very near the 

 middle of the disk ; elytra dark brown, slightly tinged with bronze, 

 longer and narrower, more convex, finely and pretty closely 

 punctured, though not corrugated, right at the top pale ; 

 abdomen more sparsely punctured, slightly bronzy, the seg- 

 ments have a narrow margin of dark brown : feet dark brown, 

 tarsi reddish. 



Length. — 3f mill. 



Localities. — Victoria, Adelaide. 



3. Tribe Tachtporijs"!. 

 Section Tachypori. 



KEY TO GENUS. 



Abdomen not marginal, bod}^ pubescent. Con turns. 



KEY TO SPECIES. 



Size large or medium ; corselet rosy or testaceous red ; 

 elytra much longer than corselet, more or less smoky. 



triangulum. 



C. triangulum, Fauvel, II., p. 101. 

 Of same size and having something of the appearance of 

 Tachyporus formosus, but distinguished from it chiefly by the 

 •colour and punctuation ; more shortly conical tlian C. impcnnis, 

 somewhat nitid, convex, with rather sparse dusky ])ubesecnce, 

 a pale pitch colour, the palp.T, first three joints of the antenna' 

 and top of eleventh, and tarsi testaceous; thorax, elytra, suture, 

 and third part of the apex curving from the scute! hnn, the 2, 

 0-7 segments and feet more or less red ; the second segment 

 with golden pubescence ; less punctuation on the tliorax, 

 iilmost perceptibly rough, that of the elytra and abdomen is 

 pretty dense and deeper ; the 6-7 segments arc paler ; antenna' 



