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li. simplicicollis, Blackb. Modice elongatus, postice sat dila- 

 tatus ; sat nitidus ; brunneo-testaceus, capite prothor- 

 aceque ruf escentibus ; supra pilis brevibus suberectis sat 

 crebre vestitus; clypeo (hoc antice rotundato, in media 

 parte nonnihil subtruncato) fronteque subgrosse sat 

 crebre rugiiloso-punctulatis, ut plana multo disparia 

 visis ; labro clypei planum baud attingenti ; antennis 9- 

 articulatis, articulo 3^ perbrevi quam. 2"s multo brev- 

 iori ; prothorace quam longiori ut 9 ad 5 latiori, antice 

 minus angustato, supra sat subtiliter vix crebre punctu- 

 lato (puncturis circiter 20 in segmenti longitudine), lat- 

 eribus leviter arcuatis, angulis anticis vix acutis minus 

 productis posticis rotundato-obtusis, basi sequaliter ro- 

 tundata, niargine basali subtili ad latera vix magis ele- 

 vato ,- elytris lineis 2 subcostuliformibus vix perspicue 

 instructis, subfortiter vix crebre nee aspere punctulatis 

 (trans elytron puncturis circiter 23) ; pygidio (maris 

 sparsim, feminse magis crebre) subtilius punctulato ; 

 coxis posticis quam metasternum perspicue brevioribus, 

 quam tegmentum ventrale 2"™ multo longioribus ; femor- 

 ibus posticis inter series sparsim subtiliter punctulatis ; 

 tibiis anticis extus tridentatis (dente supremo parvo) ; 

 tarsorum posticorum articulo basali quam 2"'^ sat brev- 

 iori, 3° sat sequali ; unguicalis appendiculatis. Long., 

 3^1.; lat., Iflf 1-. 



The hind margin of the prothorax evenly rounded with- 

 out any sinuation distinguishes this species from nearly all 

 its near allies. H. testaceus, Blackb., resembles it in this 

 respect and in general appearance, but is easily separated 

 from it by having, inter alia, an exceptionally wide protho- 

 rax and a labrum of unusual shape. H. metropolitanus, 

 Blackb., also considerably resembles it, but differs not only 

 in the larger and less numerous punctures of its pronotum 

 but also, inter alia, in the basal joint of its hind tarsi very 

 evidently longer in both sexes as compared with the 2nd 

 joint. 



Victoria; Australian Alps (about 6,000 ft. elevation). 

 //. affitii!<, sp. nov. Modice elongatus, postice sat dilatatus ; 

 modice nitidizs ; obscure brunneus, antennis palpis pedi- 

 busque dilutioribus ; supra pilis adpressis sparsim ves- 

 titus ; clypeo (hoc antice late rotundato) fronteque sat 

 crebre fortiter rugulosis, ut plana sat disparia visis ; 

 labro nitido vix perspicue punctulato, clypei planum 

 haiid attingenti ; antennis 9-articulatis, articulo 3° 

 quam 2"s breviori ; prothorace quam longiori ut 15 ad 

 8 latiori, antice sat angustato, supra sat fortiter vix 

 crebre punctulato (puncturis circiter 20 in segmenti 



