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H. lugubris, sp. nov. Elongata, sat parallela ; minus convexa ; 



sat nitida ; sparsim obscure griseo-pubescens ; atra, antennis 



pedibusque picescentibus, unguiculis testaceis ; capite sparsim 



fortiter punctulato, oculis sat approximatis ; prothorace 



quam longiori plus quam sesquilatiori, vix perspicue (ante 



basin prof undius) canaliculato, ante basin utrinque manifesto 



impresso, fortius sat crebre punctulato, a basi antrorsum 



sinuatiin angustato, basi leviter bisinuata quam marge 



anticus sat latiori, angulis posticis fere rectis apice summo 



rotundatis, elytris crebre fortius punctulatis, fortiter striatis, 



interstitiis transversim rugatis ; corpore subtus sparsius 



(abdomine magis sparsim) punctulato ; antennis quam 



corporis dimidium sat longioribus, articulo 3° quam 1"^* duplo 



(quam 4*"* paullo) longiori. Long., 34 1. ; lat., 1^1. (vix). 



I believe the specimen before me to be a male, on account of 



the intercoxal process of the hind body being strongly elevated 



above the general plane of the basal segment ; the hind body being 



wider and less convex transversely than is usual in males of this 



genus suggests a doubt, however. 



Placed beside J/, carbonaria, Germ., this species is considerably 

 smaller, and is devoid of erect hairs, except on the front part of 

 the head ; it is considerably narrower, more parallel, and less 

 convex ; the head is much less closely punctured, the eyes are 

 evidently more approximate, the surface of the prothorax is 

 cliiferently impressed, and a little less closely punctured, with hind 

 angles more tending to be prominent laterally; the elytra are less 

 nitid, and more finely and closely punctured and wrinkled ; the 

 tliird and fourth joints of the antennae are relatively shorter, and 

 the whole antennae are more slender. 



The narro^v form, slight convexity, absence of erect pilosity, 

 somewhat different antenna?, and absence of a fovea on the apical 

 ventral segment suggest the probability of this species being 

 eventually separated generically from //. carbo7iaria, but I do 

 not think it can be referred to an)/ genus yet characterised as 

 distinct from llomotrysis. 



Victoria ; Alpine district. 

 //. ruficornis, sp. nov. Elongata ; sat parallela, minus convexa ; 

 minus nitida ; pilis fulvis brevibus suberectis obscure vestita; 

 nigra, ore labro palpis antennis tibiis tarsisque testaceo-rufis ; 

 caj^ite prothoraceque subtilius sat crebre punctulatis ; oculis 

 sat approximatis ; prothorace (puncturatione excepta) ut 

 H. lugubris; elytris confertim subtilius punctulatis, sat 

 fortiter striatis, interstitiis vix perspicue transversim rugatis; 

 corpore subtus sat crebre subfortiter (abdomine multo minus 

 fortiter) punctulato ; antennis (colore excepto) ut 

 JL lugubris. Long., 41.; lat., 1 1 1. 



