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thin, none of the joints transverse. Subapical joint of maxillary palpi large, 

 the apical one small and briefly conical. Prothorax oblong-elliptic, almost twice 

 as long as wide, base not much wider than apex, all angles rounded ofif ; with 

 fairly numerous minute but sharply-defined punctures, becoming slightly larger 

 on sides ; each side of middle with an irregular, in parts semidouble row of 

 large punctures, the sides also with large punctures, front portion of prosternum 

 evenly transversely strigose. Elytra about the length of head (excluding 

 mandibles) and much shorter than prothorax; with dense and rather coarse 

 punctures, and with irregular rows of larger ones. Abdomen slightly dilated to 

 near apex, sixth segment largest of all ; with dense punctures becoming sparser 

 about apex ; under-surface of subapical segment with a deep triangular notch, 

 margined by a thin membrane. Front tarsi thin. Length, 10.5-14 mm. 



9 . DifTers in having the abdomen somewhat wider with the subapical 

 segment not notched. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Sydney (Dr. E. W. Ferguson and A. M. Lea), 

 Mount Kosciusko (H. J. Carter), Blue Mountains (Ferguson); Victoria: 

 Warburton in April (F. E. Wilson), Mount Macedon (H. W. Davey), Bellgrave 

 m. January and Ferntree Gully in July (C. Oke), Alps, No. 1633 (Ejnar Fischer), 

 Emerald (H. H. D. Griffith from E. Jarvis). Type, L 15233. 



A long species almost cylindrical throughout, except for short indentations, 

 the greatest width of the head, prothorax, and elytra are practically equal, and 

 very little less than the greatest width of the abdomen. The tips of the antennae 

 are almost flavous, the tip of the sixth segment, the whole of the seventh, and 

 the anal styles are conspicuously reddish on some specimens, but feebly so on 

 others. The upper-surface of the head, and the prothorax, are not at all 

 shagreened, consequently they are as highly polished as the elytra. The eyes are 

 large, but do not alter the curvature of the sides, and are invisible from below; 

 the inner enlargement at the base of each mandible has a feeble projection, but 

 it is quite invisible unless the mandibles are widely open, and even then it is 

 invisible from some directions. The species differs from H. glohuliferum in 

 the thinner and more cylindrical body, longer head with different sculpture on 

 both surfaces, base of mandibles, prothorax scarcely wider at apex than base, 

 no part of upper-surface shagreened, etc., there are globular appendages to the 

 mentum, but they are smaller than on that species. In general appearance it 

 strongly resembles Scymbalium duplopunctatiim, but the antennae, palpi, mentum, 

 punctures, and apterous body are all different. The front tarsi are thin, as in 

 Suniopsis, but as the maxillary palpi are exactly as on several species of 

 Hyperomma, it was referred to the latter genus. There is a specimen of the 

 species in the Australian Museum (K. 21093, from Mount Kosciusko). 



Hyperomma labrale, n. sp. Fig. 22. 



9- Black; mouth parts, antennae (most of the joints infuscated), palpi, 

 legs, and tip of abdomen red. 



Head subquadrate ; with fairly numerous, small, but sharply-defined punc- 

 tures, and some large ones irregularly scattered ; under-surface opaque and finely 

 shagreened ; with large scattered punctures, smooth and shining between the 

 gular sutures, and striated about base. Mandibles long, apical half thin, then 

 dilated with a blade-like edge to near base, which is finely dentate. Antennae 

 thin, none of the joints transverse. Maxillary palpi with subapical joint long, 

 the apical one small and briefly conical. Prothorax slightly longer than wide, 

 scarcely wider than head, very feebly diminishing in width to base, all angles 

 rounded otf ; with rather sparse and minute but sharply-defined punctures, 

 becoming larger and denser on sides, each side of middle with an irregular 

 row (thirteen on one side, seventeen on the other) of large punctures, the sides 



