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H. jjubesccns, Er. I have before me numerous examples 

 that I feel no doubt are this sj)ecies, which seems to be com- 

 mon and widely distributed in Tasmania. It varies consider- 

 ably in size (long., 4-^-6 1.) and also in colouring. The elytra 

 seem to be constantly brown (more or less dark brown), but 

 the pronotum and head of some specimens are nearly black. 

 The long erect hairs are fairly close in fresh examjDles but 

 seem to be somewhat easily rubbed off, so that it is not un- 

 usual to find very few of them left. The small dark sjDeci- 

 mens are evidently males, and they also differ from the fe- 

 males in having less rugulose puncturation (very noticeable 

 on the pygidium) and conspicuously longer and more slender 

 tarsi. 



H. tasmatiiciis, sp. nov. Minus elongatus, postice sat dila- 

 tatus ; sat nitidus ; obscure f errugmeus ; supra pilis brev- 

 ibus sparsius vestitus ; clypeo crebre ruguloso, antice late 

 rotundato ; labro summo clypei planum haud attingeuti ; 

 fronte fortiter crebre rugulose punctulata ; clypeo fron- 

 teque ut plana manifeste disparia visis ; antennis 9- 

 articulatis, articulo 3" quam 'A^^'^ multo breviori : jDro- 

 thorace quam longiori ut 9 ad 5 latiori, antice leviter 

 angustato, supra sat crebre subfortiter punctulato (punc- 

 turis circiter 23 in segmenti longitudine), lateribus sat 

 arcuatis pone medium leviter dilatato-rotundatis, angulis 

 anticis vix acutis minus productis posticis (superne visis) 

 obtusis, basi leviter bisinuata, margine basali ad latera 

 vix magis elevato ; elytris subtiliter granulatis sat crebre 

 subfortiter subsquamose punctulatis (trans elytron punc- 

 turis circiter 26); pygidio subtiliter sparsius punctulato; 

 coxis posticis quam metasternum multo brevioribus, seg- 

 mento ventrali 2' longitudine sat sequalibus ; tibiis an- 

 ticis extus tridentatis : tarsorum posticorum articulo 

 basali quam 2"'^ nonnihil (quam 3"^ etiam magis) long- 

 iori ; unguiculis appendiculatis. Long., 5 1. : lat., 2f 1. 

 This species is easily distinguishable from almost all its 

 near allies by its extremely short hind coxae. In the female 

 the puncturation is a little more decidedly squamose than in 

 the male and a trifle closer and less defined. 



Tasmania; from Mr. Simson. 

 H. qucesitus, sp. nov. Modice elongatus, postice sat dilata 

 tus ; sat nitidus ; obscure ferrugineus ; supra pilis ad- 

 pressis brevibus minus sparsim vestitus ; clypeo confertim 

 ruguloso antice rotundato : labro summo clypei planum 

 haud attingenti : fronte fortiter crebre rugulose punctu- 

 lata ; clypeo fronteque ut plana manifeste disparia visis ; 

 antennis 9-articulati<^, articulo 3^^ quam 2"^ multo brev- 

 iori ; prothorace quam longiori iit 18 ad 11 latiori, antice 



