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 any constant difference which would constitute them a separate 



A common insect in the neighbourhood of Moreton Bay. In the 



collections of the British Museum, Mr. Bakewell, and the Rev. Hamlet 



Clark. 



27. H. gemellus, n. sp. 



H. subparallelus, confertim punctulatus, flavo-rufus. 



Long. corp. \\ lin., lat. f lin. 



More parallel, more elongate, and narrower than H. amabilis ; more 

 thickly punctate on the elytra; of a flavo-rufous rather than rufo- 

 fuscous colour : head pale rufous, impunctate : thorax flavous, the base 

 being fusco-flavous and perceptibly punctate : elytra parallel, finely 

 punctate, in colour rufo-flavous : legs and antenna flavous. 



I think, quite distinct specifically from H. amabilis ; it is more 



parallel, narrower in proportion, and more minutely and closely 



punctate. 



South Australia. Received by me some years ago from Mr. S. 



Stevens. In the collections of Mr. Bakewell and the Rev. Hamlet 



Clark. 



28. H. compactus, n. sp. 



H. ovalis, punctatua, thorace flavo, elytris rufo-flavis. 



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



A much smaller insect than the preceding, and more oval in form : 

 head impunctate, rufo-flavous : thorax finely punctate at the base, rufo- 

 flavous : elytra ovate, and subattenuated at the apex, punctate, in colour 

 rufous or rufo-flavous : legs and antenna rufous. 



To be distinguished chiefly from H. amabilis and H. gemellus by 

 its smaller size ; it is also, though closely resembling them in general 

 appearance, more oval in form. 



Received by Mr. Bakewell from Adelaide. 



XXXI. — On the Canarian Malacoderms. By T. Veenon 

 Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S. 

 In the following Paper I propose to give a descriptive enumeration 

 of the various Malacoderms which have been detected, up to the 

 present date, in the several islands of the Canarian archipelago. And 

 I may add, briefly, that I have regarded the Malacodermata as re- 

 stricted to the purely flower-infesting members of the Priocerata, 

 comprised in the families Tclephoridai, Malachiidce, and Melyridce, 

 but as excluding the (nevertheless soft-bodied) Drilidce and Cy- 



