135 



the external of the two anterior spots, and in some with the 

 hinder dilatation of the pale margin) ; an elongate subapical spot. 



The present insect differs from //. VictoruH in colour, the 

 lighter parts being pale yellow instead of rufous, and the femora 

 being testaceous instead of blackish, also in its non-striate elytra 

 (in most examples they are non-striate, in some there is a scarcely 

 perceptible indication of stride) and in the distinctly liner, less 

 rugulose, and less close puncturation of the elytra ; the spines on 

 the anterior til)ije are more numerous, being nine or ten, while in 

 H. Victorire they number only seven or eight. Compared with 

 H. Flindersi the elytra are considerably more closely punctured ; 

 and the elytra not (or scarcely; narrowed behind the shoulders 

 will separate it from H. Australasife and H. multimaculatus. In 

 some specimens (probably males) the prothorax is less transverse 

 than in others. 



Victoria ; on the banks of the river Ovens. 



//. Flindersi, Blackb. The puncturation of the elytra in this 

 species is scarcely distinguishable from tliat in the European 

 H. femorcdis, Kiesenw. 



LAMELLIC0RXE8 



AT.EXIUS. 



A. sj)ecidator, sp. no\. Minus angustus ; minus parallelus ; minus 

 nitidus ; setis erectis pallidis brevissimis vestitus ; niger, 

 clypei margine prothoracis margine antico palpis antennis 

 pedibusque rufescentibus ; capite subtilius densissime punctu- 

 lato (puncturis in rugis longitudinalibus confusis), clypeo 

 antice sat fortiter rotundato-emarginato ; prothorace crebre 

 ruguloso-punctuato, fortiter transverso, angulis posticis plane 

 rotundatis ; elytris striatis, interstitiis convexis obscure 

 asperato-granulatis. Long., 2 1. (vix) ; lat., | 1. 

 Differs from A. mtstrcdis, Har., by its less narrow, less parallel 

 form, its pale set^e, scarcely costiform elytral interstices, pro- 

 thorax much more narrowed hindward, and with scarcely any 

 trace of a dorsal sulcus, (fee, (fee. The species described by Sir 

 W. Macleay as Ammcecii are stated by the Baron de Harold to 

 be (at least some of them) Atrenii. They are from N. Queens- 

 land and N. W. Australia. None of them are described as being 

 clothed with pale seta?. A. granulator, Har. from New Guinea, 

 appears to be very near the present species, but to be somewhat 

 larger, the clypeus subtruncate, (fee. 



In this species the humeral spine is small, but very well-marked, 

 and more directed outward than in A. australis, Har. 



Victorian Alps. 

 A. Fahnerstoni, Hp. i}Ov. Minus angustatus ; minus parallelus; 

 minus nitidus ; ater, pedibus piceis (anticis rufescentibus), 



