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supra pilis adpressis brevibus (nonnullis longioribus 

 erectis mtermixtis) sat sparsini vestitus ; clypeo crebre 

 fortiter pariim rugulose punctulaio, antice rotundato ; 

 labro siimmo clypei planum hand attingenti ; fronte for- 

 titer minus crebre nee rugulose punctulata ; fronte 

 clypeoque planum fere continuum efficientibus : ant-ennis 

 9-articulatis ; prothorace quam longiori ut 15 ad 8 lati- 

 ori, antice sat angustato, supra minus fortiter minus 

 crebre punctulato (puncturis circiter 15 in segmenti 

 longitudine), lateribus leviter arcuatis, angulis anticis 

 sat acutis modice productis posticis (superne visis) sat 

 acute rectis, basi parum sinuata, margine basali sat 

 sequali pone sulcum manifestum sito : elytris granulatis 

 subsquamose sat crebre punctulatis (trans elytron punctu- 

 ris circiter 20) : pygidio granulis setiferis minus crebre in- 

 structo : coxis posticis quam metasternum multo breviori- 

 bus, quam segmentum ventrale 2"i» paullo longioribus ; 

 femoribus posticis sat dilatatis, biseriatim punctulatis, 

 seriei posticae puncturis circiter 20, inter series area con- 

 fuse sparsim punctulata ; tibiis anticis extus fortiter tri- 

 dentatis ; tarsorum posticorum articulo basali quam 2"s 

 multo vel paullo (quam 3"'^ vix vel baud) breviori : un- 

 guiculis bifidis. Long., 6|-7 1. ; lat., 3i-3| 1. 

 This species is distinctly intermediate between those pre- 

 ceding it and those following it in the tabulation, being (like 

 the former) of large size and having dilated hind femora, 

 but having (like the latter) the space on the hind femora 

 between the seriate punctures impressed with confused punc- 

 turation. It is remarkable for a more than usually well- 

 marked sexual character in the hind tarsi, the basal joint 

 being in one sex (I take it to be the male) quite distinctly 

 longer than in the other sex. It may be noted that the 

 pronotum in this species is punctured considerably more 

 finely than the head and the elytra. There is a remarkable 

 agreement in the present insect with the description of H. 

 n/f/osipenuls, Macl., but the type in the Australian Museitm 

 differs in numerous characters passed over in the description, 

 being smaller, differently coloured, with elytra more rugu- 

 lose and less closely punctulate, the hind femora non-punc- 

 tulate between the series, etc., etc. 



Queensland (Mr. F. M. Bailey). 

 //. frnn/s, sp. nov. Minus elongatus, postice leviter dila- 

 tatus ; sat nitidus : obscure brunneus, corpore subtus 

 antennis palpis pedibusque plus minusve dilutioribus ; 

 supra pilis brevibus adpressis sat sparsim vestitus : clypeo 

 (hoc antice sinuato-truncato) fronteque grosse minus 

 crebre sat sequaliter punctulatis ; his planum fere con- 



