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sulcus with its large foveie on the sides of the elytra, render this 

 a very distinct insect. It is perhaps just possible (but T think 

 very improbable) that this is a var. of (Allecula) elongata, Macl- 

 It is also near Lisa singularis, Haag-R., which, however, 2n#er a/irt, 

 has the prothorax " sat dense punctatus." 

 N. Territory of S. Australia. 



//. nitida, sp. no v. (Mas.). Elongata , subparallela, postice sat 

 acuminata ; sat convexa ; nitida ; pilis sat elongatis erectis 

 sparsim vestita ; nigra, vix cyaneo-micans, labro antice 

 ferrugineo ; capite sat crebre sat fortiter punctulato, oculis 

 subcontiguis ; prothorace leviter transverso, subquadrato, a 

 basi antrorsum leviter arcuatim angustato, sparsim sat for- 

 titer punctulato, fere subgibboso, ante basin transversim 

 3-impresso (impressione media minus perspicua), margine 

 antico bisinuato in medio sat fortiter rotundato-producto, 

 angulis posticis subrectis extrorsum vix prominulis ; elytris 

 leviter striatis, striis punctulatis (puncturis anticis sat mag- 

 nis subquadratis retrorsum gradatim obsoletescentibus), 

 interstitiis sat planis sparsim punctulatis ; antennis 

 (exempli typici) carentibus, sinedubio fere ut femina^, sed 

 paullo magis elongatis ; tibiis anticis inmedio intus rotunda- 

 tim dilatatis. Long., 7 1. ; lat., 2 1. 

 Femime oculis paullo minus approximatis, prothorace paullo 

 magis crebre punctulato, tibiis anticis simplicibus, antennis 

 quam corporis dimidium vix longioribus, articulo 3^^ quam 

 4"^ sat longiori ; corpore (? abraso) hand piloso. Long., 8 1.; 

 lat., 3 1. 

 The antenm)3 (of the female) are in every respect extremely 

 like those of the same sex of H. carbonmHa, Germ. The punc- 

 tures in the stria? on the elytra are much larger than those of the 

 interstices. 



N. Territory of S. Australia. 

 ]/. fitsca, sp. nov. Sat elongata ; sat parallela ; sat nitida ; pilis 

 brevibus erectis densius vestita ; fusca, elytris suturam versus 

 tibiis tarsisque plus minusve rufescentibus ; capite sat crebre 

 fortiter punctulato ; oculis approximatis ; prothorace quam 

 longiori plus quam sesquilatiori, antice quam postice vix 

 angustiori, quam caput parum latiori, late leviter canaliculato, 

 ante basinutrinque impresso, crasse sparsim punctulato, 

 lateribus leviter arcuatis ante basin bisinuatum subsinuatis, 

 angulis posticis rectis ; elytris sat crasse minus crebre punc- 

 tulatis et subtiliter punctulato-striatis ; antennis quam cor- 

 poris dua^partes vix brevioribus, articulo 3" quam 4'"* sequen- 

 tesque parum longiori ; segmento ventrali apicali fovea 

 mediana instructo ; corpore subtus sparsim punctulato. 

 Long., 3|L; lat., HI. 



