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H. (2) occidentalis, sp. nov. Subovata; sat nitida; lurida, 
antennis apicem versus vix infuscatis, capite postice rufo- 
piceo, corpore supra hic illic indeterminate infuscato, corpore 
subtus magis obscuro ; capite levi, inter oculos bituberculato 
sed vix distincte sulcato; antennarum articulo 3° quam 4" 
manifeste longiori; prothorace quam longiori fere duplo 
latiori, antice manifeste angustato, subcoriaceo et sat obsolete 
punctulato, sat fortiter transversim sulcato, lateribus fortiter 
arcuatis, angulis obtusis ; elytris fortiter sat crebre punct- 
ulatis ; tibiis intermediis distincte mucronatis. Long., 1}1.; 
lat., #1. 
The species of Southern Australia appertaining to Lacordaire’s 
group “ Halticites” (outside the genus Haltica) differ in respect 
of facies and characters to an extent that would perhaps justify 
the creation of a separate genus for each of them. I am reluctant 
to follow this course, and so am placing in this genus Hyphaltica 
several forms that (appertaining to the //alticites) agree in the 
transverse sulcus of their prothorax being (not continued to the 
lateral margin but) bent round to the base before reaching the 
lateral margin, in their elytra not being exceptionally widely 
margined, and in their front tibiz having a well-defined mucro 
placed in the normal position. The present species differs some- 
what in facies from the preceding two, owing to its subovate 
form, and the strongly rounded sides of its prothorax. 
W. Australia. 
H. mediocris, sp. nov. Ovalis, sat elongata; sat nitida; lurida, 
scutello antennis (parte apicali excepta) et femorum parte 
superiori (basi excepta) infuscatis; capite lato, in medio 
fere levi, ad latera punctulato, inter oculos transversim sulc- 
ato; antennis sat robustis, quam corporis dimidium paullo 
longioribus, articulo 3° quam 4"* paullo longiori ; prothorace 
fortiter transverso, postice paullo angustato, subleevi, sat 
fortiter transversim sulcato, lateribus sat arcuatis (latitudine 
majori ante medium posita), angulis bene determinatis sub- 
acutis; elytris subtiliter obsolete (circa scutellum magis 
perspicue) punctulatis ; tibiis intermediis breviter distincte 
mucronatis. Long., 1,3, 15 lat., 21 
The wide head of this species (the interval between the eyes 
being considerably more than the greatest diameter of an eye) 
and its not very convex eyes, together with the shape of its pro- 
thorax (wider in front than behind) give it a characteristic facies 
suggestive of generic distinctness from the others that I have 
provisionally associated in this genus; but it is certainly very 
close allied to them. 
S. Australia; sent to me by Mr. Masters. 
