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ticis inter series sparsini sat siibtiliter punctulatis ; tibiis 

 aiiticis extus tridentatis : tarsorum posticorum articiilo 

 basali quam 2"^ sat breviori, quam 3""' vix longiori ; un- 

 guiculis appendiculatis. Long., 4 1. ; lat., 2 1. 

 I believe my two examples of this insect to be females. 

 The species is somewhat close to the preceding (11. ingratus), 

 but certainly distinct. Its most noticeable distinctive char- 

 acters are in its elytral puncturation (the punctures well de- 

 fined and isolated one from another, without rugulosity) and 

 in the very evidently greater length of the 2nd joint of the 

 hind tarsi, as compared with the basal joint, in the same 

 sex. It is likely that the tarsal distinction is less pronounced 

 in the male. 



Victorian Alps : Mount Hotham. 



//. (h'hilicollis, sp. nov. Minus elongatus, jDOstice leviter dila- 

 tatus ; nitidus ; testaceo-ferrugineus ; supra pilis brevibus 

 adpressis crebrius vestitus ; clypeo (hoc antice rotundato) 

 fronteque crebre ruguloso, ut plana sat disparia visis ; 

 labro clypei planum haud attingenti, antennis 9-articu- 

 latis, articulo 3" quam 2^'^ breviori ; prothorace quam 

 longiori ut 13 ad 6 latiori, antice minus angustato, supra 

 crebre minus fortiter punctulato (puncturis circit-er 24 

 in segmenti longitudine), lateribus modice arcuatis, mar- 

 gine laterali antice quam in media parte haud plane 

 magis elevato, angulis anticis sat rectis parum productis 

 posticis (superne visis) rotundato-obtusis, basi bisinuata, 

 margine basali subtili ad latera paullo magis elevato ; 

 elytris sat crebre minus fortiter paullo inequaliter punc- 

 tulatis (trans elytron puncturis circiter 26), latera versus 

 vix manifeste substriatis ; pygidio minus crebre minus 

 fortiter punctulato : coxis posticis quam metastern\im 

 paullo brevioribus, quam segmentura ventrale 2"™ multo 

 longioribus ; femoribus posticis inter series sparsim minus 

 fortiter punctulatis ; tibiis anticis extus tridentatis : tar- 

 sorum posticorum articulo basali 2" sat fequali quam 3«s 

 parum longiori; unguiculis appendiculatis. Long., Si- 

 1. : lat., 1 7-10 1. 



Among its near allies this species is best characterized 

 by the lateral edging of its pronotum, which is scarcely per- 

 ceptibly more elevated at the front angles than at its middle. 

 This character separates it strongly from H . inr/rafus, 

 hothaitifinfiis, olpicola, and ]>vnctijyes, and less strongly from 

 elonr/nfiiliix, eremita, and nigresrens. Compared with elnng- 

 afuliis it is of less elongate build, more nitid, with the punc- 

 tures of the pronotum distinctly less fine and those of the 

 elytra verv evidently less close and larger. Compared with 



