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quam 2"* parum breviori, qiiam 3"^ sat lougiori ; ungu- 

 iculis api^endiculatis. Long., 3|- 1. ; lat., If-li 1. 

 This is another species with close affinity to 11 . punctipes and 

 its allies. Among them it is of smaller size than those placed 

 before it in the tabulation, differs from them all in the sides 

 of its i^rothorax (viewed from above), very distinctly rotnn- 

 date-dilatate between the middle and the base. The sculp- 

 ture of its dorsal surface differs very little from that of il. 

 elo/if/ntu/us, but is a trifle more decidedly asperate. I think 

 that I have both sexes before me, but if so there is scarcely 

 any difference between them except in the female being of 

 wider build and more dilated in the hinder part of the elytra. 



Victoria; Dividing Range. 

 //. nir/rescens, sp. nov. Minus elongatus, postice sat dila- 

 tatus ; sat nitidus ; niger, capite prothoraceque nonnihil 

 picescentibus, antennis palpis pedibusque obscure ferru- 

 gineis : supra pilis brevibus suberectis crebrius vestitus ; 

 clypeo (hoc antice rotundato) fronteque crebre rugulose 

 punctulatis, ut planum fere continuum visis ; labro 

 clypei planum hai;d attingenti ; antennis 9-articulatis, 

 articulo 3° quam 2"'^ breviori : prothorace quam longiori 

 ut 9 ad 5 latiori, antice modice angustato, supra sat 

 crebre minus subtiliter punctulato (puncturis circiter 22 

 in segment! longitudine), lateribus modice arcuatis, an- 

 gulis anticis vix acutis minus productis posticis (superne 

 visis) rectis, basi leviter bisinuata, margine basali sat 

 subtili absolute tequali : eh/tris obsolete substriatis, 

 crebre minus fortiter vix subaspere punctulatis (trans 

 elytron puncturis circiter 27) : pygidio sat crebre sat 

 subtiliter jDimctulato : coxis posticis quam metasternum 

 sat brevioribus quam segmentum ventrale 2""' sat long- 

 ioribus ; femoribus posticis inter series sparsius minus 

 subtiliter puiictulatis : tibiis anticis extus tridentatis ; 

 tarsorum posticorum articulo basali quam 2"* paullo 

 breviori quam S"'' sat longiori ; unguiculis appendiculatis. 

 Long., 3 1.; lat., U 1. 



The unique type (which I believe to be a female) of this 

 species differs from E. jjnnctipes and its allies chiefly in its 

 black colouring (perhaps a variable character), and in the 

 basal edging of its pronotum fine and even in its whole 

 length — without any dilatation or increase of elevation even 

 at the hind angles of the segment. In respect of the latter 

 character it is nearest to H. eremifa in which the lateral 

 accentuation of the basal edging, though quite distinct, is 

 not very strong. The lateral outline of the prothorax, how- 

 ever, of this species is very different from the corresponding 

 outline in H. eremita. 

 Victoria ; Nelson. 



