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general character of the description indicates resemblance 

 to some of the species in Group IV., and not miich resem- 

 blance to any species known to me of the present group. 

 The last of these four doubtful species {piloseUus, Blanch.) 

 is almost certainly, I think, a member of the first subgroup 

 of Group IV. ] its large size and the nature of its sculpture 

 and pubescence point strongly in that direction. It should be 

 borne in mind, however, that in the absence of definite 

 information of claw striicture, there is a bare possibility of 

 any or all of the four appertaining to this group. Outside 

 the 21 names referred to above, I believe it may be asserted 

 confidently that no name as yet applied to a lieferonyx 

 represents a species of this group, unless it be among those 

 few names to which there is no description attached 

 mentioning any character thjit identifies its subject with 

 any group at all, of which I propose to furnish a list at the 

 end of this Revision. 



Of the 17 identifiable names referred to above, 

 two are synonyms, namely, breviceps, Blackb., 

 and fissiceps, Blackb., the former of which is 

 identical with the type of //. rufopiceus, Macl., in the 

 Macleay Museum, and the latter with the specimen (almost 

 certainly a type or co-type) of //. (MeloJontJia ) chlorofica, 

 Gyll., in the same Museum. Neither of these two could 

 have been identified by the description. Thus I recognize 

 15 already described species of Ht^tfrnny.v as members of this 

 group, and to them I have now to add 19 more species, mak- 

 ing a total of 34. 



The only group with which any members of the present 

 group could possibly be confused is Group IV., but it must 

 be admitted that there is a small number of species con- 

 cerning which doubt is possible as to whether their claws 

 should be called appendiculate or bifid. Separate notes on 

 those species seem necessary since I have treated them as 

 having appendiculate claws of which the inner apex of the 

 basal piece is somewhat abnormally prolonged, and it is pos- 

 sible that their names might be looked for in the tabulation 

 of this present group where of course they would not be 

 found. They are as follows : — 



H. hoJosericeus, Macl. The inner apex of the 

 basal piece of the claws is scarcely less than half 

 the size of the apical proloiigation, and I should 

 perhaps place the species in Group III. were it not 

 for its close alliance with species of the first subgroup of 

 Group IV., which consists of the most naturally associated 

 species known to me in the genus. Among the insects which 

 I have placed in Group III. there is none resembling ho?o- 



