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the preceding, cind with coarser puncturation ; the erect long 

 hairs on its elytra are also a good character. The tooth on the 

 anterior femora is not much larger than in U. suaveola, Germ. 

 Victoria ; Alpine district. 



E. firiterna, sp. nov. Ovalis ; sat nitida ; pilis albidis et non- 

 nuUis elongatis erectis fulvis, confuse vestita ; obscure c^nea, 

 labro palpis antennis (harum articulo basali supra et ultimis 

 ad apicem obscurioribus) femorum basi tibiisque testaceis ; 

 capite prothoraceque crebre sat fortiter punctulatis ; hoc 

 quam longiori vix diniidio latiori, antrorsum parum angus- 

 tato, antice in medio late sat fortiter producto, lateribus sat 

 fortiter rotundatis, basi vix bisinuata, angulis rotundato- 

 obtusis ; scutello punctulato ; elytris sat fortiter rugosule 

 punctulatis, aj^icem versus substriatis, pone humeros fortiter 

 transversim rugatis ; femoribus anticis dente sat magno 

 armatis, posticis muticis. 

 Mas. Tarsorum anticorum articulo basali modice (inter- 

 mediorum vix manifeste) dilatato ; tibiis posticis apice haud 

 incurvis ; segmento F ventrali in medio pernitido lasvigato. 

 Long., 2 1. ; lat., 1 1. 

 Resembles JE. 2^erple:ra in colour and build, but inter alia is 



very much more coarsely punctured, and the hind tibia? of the 



male are not at all incurved at the apex. 

 Victoria ; Alpine district. 



E. liirta, sp. nov. Breviter ovalis; sat nitida; densissime 

 a^qualiter griseo-pubescens ; supra roseo-cuprea, subtus £enea, 

 clypeo viridi, labro palpis antennis pedibusque (horum, 

 nonnullis exemplis, femoribus tibiisque apice plus minus in- 

 fuscatis) testaceis; capite prothoraceque subcoriaceis obsolete 

 punctulatis ; hoc quam longiori fere duplo latiori, antrorsum 

 parum angustato, antice profunde bisinuato, in medio late 

 fortiter producto, lateribus leviter arcuatis, basi leviter 

 bicinuata, angulis anticis productis sat acutis, posticis ob- 

 tusis ; scutello punctulato ; elytris substriatis, crebre minus 

 fortiter (latera versus magis fortiter) punctulatis, sub 

 humeros obscure transversim rugatis ; femoribus anticis 

 dente sat magno, posticis sat parvo, armatis. 

 Mas. Tarsorum anticorum articulo basali sat fortiter (inter- 

 mediorum vix manifeste) dilatato ; tibiis posticis apice haud 

 incurvis ; segmento 1" ventrali in medio paullo minus 

 crebre punctulato. Long., 1^ — 2 1. ; lat., 4 — 1 1. 

 The dense grey pubescence under which the sculpture and 



colouring is buried will distinguish this species from all known to 



me of its congeners. 



S. Australia ; Yorke's Peninsula. 



