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ere mi fa it is notably more nitid, Avitli the lateral outline of 

 its prothorax different and the puncturation of its elytra very 

 evidently less close. Comiaared with nir/rescens it differs 

 strongly (disregarding colour) by the basal edging of its pro- 

 notum and by the roundly obtuse hind angles of its pro- 

 thorax (viewed from above), the last-mentioned character 

 separating it also, more or less strongly, from all the other 

 species named above. 



Tasmania; Launceston (Mr. Lea). 



//. tceniensis, sp. nov. Minus elongatus, postice sat dilata- 

 tus : sat nitidus ; ferrugineiis ; supra jDilis brevibi;s ad- 

 pressis crebrius vestitus ; clypeo crebre ruguloso, antice 

 late rotundato ; labro clypei planum baud attingenti ; 

 fronte fortiter subrugulose (vel vix rugulose, 1 maris) 

 punctulata ; clypeo fronteque ut plana sat disparia visis ; 

 antennis 9-articulatis,, articulo 3^' quam 2"* paullo brev- 

 iori ; prothoraoe quam longiori ut 12 ad 7 latiori, antice 

 parum angustato, supra sat crebre minus fortiter punc- 

 tulato (puncturis circiter 22 in segment! longitudine), 

 lateribus (superne visis) leviter arcuatis, angulis anticis 

 subacutis parum productis posticis (superne visis) obtii- 

 sis, basi leviter bisinuata, margine basali ad latera 

 paullo magis elevato ; elytris vix manifeste substriatis, 

 crebre minus fortiter punctulatis (trans elytron puncturis 

 circiter 26) ; pygidio subtilius sat crebre punctulato ; 

 coxis posticis quam metasternum paullo brevioribus, 

 quam segmentum ventrale 2"™ multo longioribus ; femor- 

 ibus posticis inter series fere laivibus ; tibiis anticis extus 

 tridentatis ; tarsorum posticorum articulo basali 2" sat 

 aequali, quam S^s paullo longiori : unguiculis appendicti- 

 latis. Long., 4 1. : lat., 2 1. 



This species is another near ally of the group of closely 

 associated species referred to in the notes of the preceding ( H. 

 debilicollisj. It differs from them all in having the punctures 

 of its pronotum distinctly larger than of its elytra. The in- 

 creased elevation of the lateral margins near the front angles 

 of its pronotum also distinguishes it from debilicoUis, and 

 the feeble hind angles of its prothorax from ingrafus, AJpi- 

 cola, jjunctipes, elongatulus, eremita, and nigrescent. It is 

 nearest to hothamensis, compared with which species its pro- 

 thorax is less narrowed in front, its elytra have traces of 

 substriation, the hind angles of its protlaorax are decidedly 

 more rounded off, and its hind femora are all but puncture- 

 less between the two series of punctures. In one of the speci- 

 mens before me (which I believe to be a male) the punctura- 

 tion of the frons and pygidium is a little less strong and 



