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rugulose than in the others which are probably females, their 

 ventral segments being more convex. 



New South Wales; Forest Reefs (Mr. Lea). 

 H. pu/icfipes, sp. nov. Minus elongatus, postice leviter dila- 

 tatus : sat nitidus ; ferrugineus, antennarum flabello tes- 

 taceo ; supra pilis brevibus suberectis crebrius vestitus ; 

 clypeo sat crebre ruguloso, antice subtruncato vix mani- 

 feste sinuato ; labro summo clypei planum baud attin- 

 genti ; f route sat crebre sat grosse rugulose punctulata ; 

 clypeo fronteque ut plana sat disparia visis ; antennis 9- 

 articulatis, articulo 3" quam 2»'' sat breviori ; prothorace 

 quam longiori ut 12 ad 7 latiori, antice modice angus- 

 tato, supra crebre minus fortiter punctulatis (puncturis 

 circiter 24 in segmenti longitudine), lateribus pariim 

 arcuatis, angulis anticis vix acutis parum productis pos- 

 ticis (superne visis) rectis, basi parum bisinuata, mar- 

 gine basali ad latera summa paullo magis elevato ; elytris 

 crebre minus fortiter nee rugulose punctulatis (trans 

 elytron puncturis circiter 32) ; pygidio sat crebre minus 

 fortiter punctulato ; coxis posticis quam metasterum 

 paullo brevioribus, quam segmentum ventrale 2"™ multo 

 longioribus femoribus posticis inter series sat crebre for- 

 tius sat sequaliter punctulatis ; tibiis anticis extus tri- 

 dentatis ; tarsorum posticorum articulo basali 2" sat 

 sequali, quam 3"^ sat longiori : unguiculis appendiculatis. 

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



The affinity of this species to those placed near it in the 

 tabulation is fairly close. Its most distinctive features among 

 them seem to be the form of its prothorax and the sculp- 

 ture of its hind femora. The sides of its prothorax are only 

 very lightly arched, the segment (viewed from above) is not 

 or scarcely wider in front of than at the hind angles, and the 

 hind angles themselves (viewed from above) are well-defined 

 right angles. The close, even, and somewhat coarse sculpture of 

 the hind femora is very different from the corresponding sculp- 

 ture in allied species. The puncturation of the elytra is 

 about as close as in //. inf/rafus, but is not asperate. I be- 

 lieve the unique type to be a male, the female if distinguisha- 

 ble having probably elytral sculpture not quite as smooth 

 and the basal joint of the hind tarsi a trifle shorter. 



New South Wales: Galston. 

 77. elnitgatus, sp. nov. Sat elongatus, postice sat dilatatus ; 

 vix nitidus ; ferruginens, antennarum flabello testaceo ; 

 supra pilis brevibus suberectis crebrius vestitus ; clypeo 

 crebi'e ruguloso, antice rotundato ; labro summo clypei 

 planum hand attingenti ; fronte sat crebre rugulose punc- 

 tulata ; clypeo fronteque ut plana minus disparia visis; 



