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HiBBERTICOLA ECHINATA, n. Sp. 



Reddish-castaneous. Rather densely clothed with loose 

 pubescence or setge, whitish on the under surface, straw- 

 eoloured or slightly golden on the' upper; the elytra in addi- 

 tion with dense, more or less erect setae. 



Head with rather numerous punctures. Rostrum short 

 (scarcely more than half the length of prothorax), stout, 

 straight, parallel-sided; with rather coarse but partially con- 

 cealed punctures on basal half, and finer but less concealed 

 on apical half. Antennae rather thin, inserted almost in 

 exact middle of sides of rostrum; scape almost the length of 

 funicle; funicie with first joint stout, the length of second 

 and third combined; club briefly ovate, rather indistinctly 

 jointed. Prothorax about once and one third as wide as long, 

 rather strongly convex, sides rounded, apex truncate, base 

 gently and continuously rounded; with dense, round, par- 

 tially concealed punctures. Elytra somewhat elongate-cor- 

 date, each separately rounded at base, nowhere quite parallel- 

 sided; with series of fairly large punctures, in distinct 

 strise ; interstices separately convex, with fairly numerous punc- 

 tures. Ahdomcn with very dense but more or less con- 

 cealed punctures. Length, If -2^ mm. 



Bah. —South Australia: Athelstone (H. H. D. Griffith). 



The club is infuscated or almost black, but is sometimes 

 no darker than the rest of the antennae. Some specimens 

 are slightly darker than others, and some parts are slightly 

 darker than other parts; but (except for the club) no parts are 

 black or even deeply infuscated. The disc of the prothorax 

 in all the numerous specimens examined is glabrous. The 

 erect elytral setae are dense and apparently irregularly dis- 

 tributed, but when viewed from behind or the front are seen 

 to be in regular lines. The punctures, both on the inter- 

 stices and in the striae, are partially concealed by the clothing. 



Selleciius, n.g. 



Plead of moderate size. Eyes rather large, coarsely 

 faceted, moderately distant. Rostrum moderately long and 

 thin ; scrobes lateral, their commencement scarcely visible 

 from above. Antennae rather thin; scape rather long; funicle 

 seven-jointed, basal joint large; club ovate, joints distinct. 

 Prothorax transverse, base feebly bisinuate, ocular lobes 

 very obtuse. Scutellum small. Elytra cordate. Metasternum 

 moderately long. Abdomen with suture between first and 

 second segments feeble, across middle, second, third, and fourth 

 drawn backwards at sides, fifth rather large. Legs stout; 

 femora edentate ; four front tibiae of male suddenly excavated 



