tinuuni efficieutibus : labro clypei planum Iiaud attin- 

 geuti; autennis 9-ai-ticulatis ; protliorace quani longiori 

 ut 7 ad 4 latiori, antice leviter angustato, supra sat 

 fortiter sat crebre louuctulato (jDuncturis circiter 23 in 

 segmenti longitudine), lateribus sat fortiter arcuatis, 

 angulis anticis sat acutis modice productis posticis 

 (superne visis) obtusis bene deterniinatis, basi parum 

 sinuata, margine basali subtilissinio sat tequali sed in 

 media parte sunima fere obsoleto : elytris substriatis, 

 crebre sat fortiter punctulatis (trans elytron piincturis 

 circiter 30) ; pygidio sat crebre minus fortiter punctu- 

 lato ; coxis posticis quam metasternum multo breviori- 

 bus, quam segmentum ventrale 2"iii vix longioribus ; 

 femoribus posticis minus dilatatis, sparsim confuse punc- 

 tulatis, seriebus parum conspicuis : tibiis anticis extus 

 tridentatis ; tarsorum posticorum articulo basali quam 

 2"-^ sat breviori, 3" sat sequali : unguiculis bifidis. Long., 

 3f L; lat.. If 1. 

 This species is easily distinguishable from all others 



known to me of this group by the characters cited in the 



tabulation. It is a species of decidedly robust facies. 



New South Wales: Mount Kosciusko (from Mr. Lea). 



Ji . F rendu, sp. nov. Minus elongatus, postice leviter dila- 

 tatus : minus niticlus ; brunneus antennis palpisque dilu- 

 tioribus ; supra pilis brevibus suberectis minus sparsim 

 vestitus ; clypeo confertim ruguloso, antice in media 

 parte leviter emarginato ; labro summo clypei planum 

 baud attingenti ; fronte grosse sat crebre punctulata ; 

 fronte clypeoque ut plana clisparia visis, ilia convexa ; 

 antennis 9-articulatis : prothorace quam longiori ut 3 ad 

 2 latiori, antice fortiter angustato, supra subgrosse sat 

 crebre punctulato (puncturis circiter 15 in segmenti 

 longitudine), lateribus pone medium dilatato-rotundatis, 

 angulis anticis leviter obtusis baud productis posticis 

 valde obtusis (fere rotundatis), basi sat fortiter bisin- 

 uata, margine basali subtilissinio (in media parte obso- 

 leto) ; elytris fere ut pronotum sed nonnihil rugulose 

 punctulatis (trans elytron puncturis circiter 16) ; pygidio 

 sat grosse sat crebre punctulato ; coxis posticis quam 

 metasternum paullo brevioribus quam segmentum ven- 

 trale 2"i" sat longioribus ; femoribus posticis minus dila- 

 tatis, inter series confuse sparsius punctulatis ; tibiis 

 anticis extus tridentatis ; tarsorum posticorum articulo 

 basali, 2" sat asquali, quam o""" paullo longiori ; unguicu- 

 lis bifidis. Long., 34,- 1. : lat., If 1. 

 This species can be distinguished quite easily by the 



characters indicated in the tabiilation, as well as by other 



