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rectis ; capite prothoraceque subtilius sparsius, elytris 

 subfortiter sat crebre, punctulatis; metasterno medio sparsim 

 subtiliter punctulato, transversim vix rugato. Long., If 1. ; 

 lat, ± 1. 



The abdominal plates reach back nearly to the apex of the 

 basal segment, and are punctured much more sparsely than the 

 lateral portion of the segment. The flattened ridge of the pro- 

 sternum is at its widest immediately behind the front. The 

 pubescence of the upper surface is mixed with hairs that are 

 somewhat stouter and more erect than the rest. 



A single specimen occurred to me in Western Victoria. 



H. Iceticulus, sp. nov. Minus elongatus ; vix subparallelus ; sat 

 sequaliter pubescens ; nitidus ; piceus ; capite, prothorace, 

 pedibus, prosterno, abdominis apice, et (nonnullis exemplis) 

 signaturis quibusdam in elytris positis, testaceis ; prothorace 

 quam longiori fere duplo latiori, elytris angustiori, antice 

 minus angustato, lateribus minus rotundatis, anguKs anticis 

 rotundatis baud prominulis posticis subrectis ; capite pro- 

 thoraceque subtiliter, elytris minus subtiliter, sparsim punctu- 

 latis ; metasterno subtiliter transversim rugato, vix perspicue 

 punctulato. Long., 1 1. ; lat., 1 1. 



In one example (the most highly coloured) the prothorax is 

 dark red in the middle, becoming bright testaceous at the sides ; 

 and on the elytra the shoulders, together with an obscure vitta 

 near the suture, are testaceous; in others the whole prothorax is 

 uniformly reddish and the elytra are nearly unicolorous. The 

 abdominal plates are about two-thirds the length of the basal seg- 

 ment, and are punctured as strongly and nearly as closely as the 

 general surface of the segment. 



Woodville. 



B. Bvansi, Muls. Ovalis; sat convexus; pubescens; sat nitidus; 

 supra piceo-niger vix seneo-tinctus ; capite, prothorace (plus 

 minus), corpore subtus, antennis, palpis pedibusque, ferrugi- 

 neis ; prothorace quam longiori vix duplo latiori, elytris basi 

 parum angustiori, antice sat angustato, lateribus subrectis, 

 angulis anticis rotundatis subprominulis, posticis obtusis ; 

 capite prothoraceque crebrius subfortiter, elytris crebre sat 

 fortiter (latera versus pra^sertim) punctulatis; metasterno 

 medio (antice praesertim) fortius crebrius punctulato. Long., 

 11-21.; lat., l^lfl, 



The abdominal plates are about three-fourths the length ot 

 the basal segment, and are punctured more strongly and less 

 closely than the sides of the segment. The flattened ridge of the 

 presternum is uniformly narrowed from its base to the front. The 



