and Gyrinidso of Australasia. 405 



tively much broader than the former ; it is larger but more elongate 

 proportionally than the latter : the coloration also separates it from 

 cither species. 



The two examples of H. Blanchardii that I know of were received 

 by Mr. Bakewell from Victoria ; one, through this gentleman's kind- 

 ness, is now in my collection. 



3. H. Johnsonii, n. sp. 



II. ovatus, brevis, punctatus, testaceus ; thorace ad medium nigro-fusco, ad 

 latera testaceo ; elytris quatuor aut quinque lineis insequalibus fuscis a 

 medio ad apicem, pedibus antennisque flavis. 



Long. corp. 2 lin., lat. 1 lin. 



Broadly ovate, somewhat depressed, thickly punctate, of a testaceous 

 or flavo-testaceous colour : head with two oblique medial foveae, in 

 colour testaceous : thorax broad, transverse, in colour dark fuscous, 

 the margins being testaceous : elytra broad, thickly and finely punc- 

 tate ; near the shoulders are traces of pubescence ; in colour pale llavous, 

 with four or five longitudinal lines of fuscous extending from the 

 middle to the apex ; these lines are frequently interrupted and irregu- 

 larly suffused : abdomen and underside thickly punctate, rufo-fuscous : 

 legs and antenna flavous. 



Separated from other species at once by the pale-testaceous colour 

 of its elytra and black thorax, as well as by its smaller size. From 

 the district of Victoria. 



4. H. australis, n. sp. 



II. ovatus, latus, brevis, dense et minute punctatus, rufo-testaceus, thorace 

 ad basin aliquando subobfuscato ; elytris obsolete unistriatis, apicem 

 versus obfuscatis. 



Long. corp. 2 lin., lat. 1^ lin. 



Ovate, short, broad, finely punctate throughout, of a rufo-testaceous 

 colour : head very finely and obsoletely punctate : at the base of the 

 thorax are, in the two examples before me, traces of fuscous marking : 

 elytra broad, thickly punctate throughout ; on either side of the suture 

 is an obsolete stria, more distinct towards the base, but vanishing as it 

 approaches the apex : irregularly shaped and indistinct fuscous markings 

 are apparent on either elytron near the apex : legs and antenna pale 

 rufous. 



H. australis closely resembles H. Blanchardii, from which it is 

 indeed only to be separated at first sight by its distinctly smaller 

 size ; a little examination will, however, show that the thorax is 

 relatively somewhat narrower, and the markings on the thorax and 

 elytra much less pronounced and well defined. From II. Caledonia: 



