43 



also with numerous large ones ; front of prosternum transversely strigose. Elytra 

 slightly narrower than prothorax and much shorter. Abdomen somewhat dilated 

 posteriorly; with crowded punctures and finely shagreened. Femora stout, front 

 ones stouter than the others and feebly dentate; four basal joints of front tarsi 

 strongly dilated. Length, 12 mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Illawarra (H. J. Carter). Type (unique), 

 I. 12601. 



The head, except for some long hairs about the muzzle, prothorax, and 

 elytra are very sparsely clothed, but this may be due to abrasion. The shape of 

 the mandibles and strongly dilated front tarsi are sufficient to distinguish the 

 species from all other black-bodied ones of the genus. The labrum is also 

 peculiar, owing to its punctures being unusually large its front appears multi- 

 sinuate, instead of evenly bilobed. A second female (received by Mr. Griffith 

 from Mr. Carter) has damaged antennae, but is otherwise perfect, and it has 

 two ball-like appendages in the mouth as in H. globulifernm. 



Hyperomma cribratum, n. sp. 



9 . Black and highly polished, mouth parts, antennae (most of the joints 

 deeply infuscated except at base), palpi and legs red, tip of abdomen obscurely 

 reddish. Head with a few straggling black hairs, still fewer on sides of pro- 

 thorax and elytra, abdomen densely clothed, the sides and tip with long hairs. 



Head (excluding neck) slightly wider than long, base slightly wider than 

 elsewhere ; with dense and rather small sharply-defined punctures, and large 

 ones scattered about ; under-surf ace strongly transversely strigose, and with 

 large scattered punctures, gular sutures forming the sides of a smooth triangle 

 from mentum to middle, but single from there to neck. Labrum larger than 

 usual and deeply notched. Eyes large, invisible from below. Mandibles long, 

 thin, and simple, except for a minute tooth at inner base. Antennae thin, none 

 of the joints transverse. Subapical joint of maxillary palpi large, the apical 

 one small and briefly conical. Prothorax distinctly longer than wide, widest near 

 apex, where the width is slightly more than that of head, sides obliquely 

 decreasing to base, all angles rounded off; with rather dense and small but 

 sharply-defined punctures, becoming denser and larger on sides, each side of 

 middle with an irregular (semidouble) row of large punctures, the sides also 

 with large ones. Elytra small, shorter than head, much shorter than prothorax, 

 and not much wider than its base, almost parallel-sided; with fairly coarse 

 crowded punctures, and irregular rows of larger ones. Abdomen feebly dilated 

 posteriorly, with crowded punctures. Front femora stout and rather obtusely 

 dentate; front tarsi thin. Length, 16 mm. 



Hah. — Western Australia: Swan River (T. Clark). Type (unique), 

 1. 15231. 



The head is decidedly shorter than in H. cylindricum, the sculpture of its 

 under-surf ace is very different, the mandibles are longer, although much the same 

 at base, the prothorax is conspicuously dilated in front and its punctures are 

 much more conspicuous. The shape of the prothorax is much as in H. glohuli- 

 ferum, but it is not shagreened, and its punctures are denser and more con- 

 spicuous than on that species; the globular appendages to the mentum are 

 smaller and less conspicuous. 



Hyperomma bryophilum, n. sp. Fig. 23. 



6 . Bright castaneous ; middle of head and of prothorax, elytra, sixth 

 segment of abdomen, and base of some of the others more or less conspicuously 

 infuscated, mouth parts, antennae (some of the median joints infuscated), palpi, 

 and legs castaneo-flavous. Head, sides of prothorax and of elytra, sides and 



