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supra pilis brevibiis suberectis sat dense vestitus ; clypeo 

 (hoc antice rotuiidato) fronteque crebre rugulosis, fere 

 lit planum continuum visis ; labro clypei planum baud 

 attingenti ; antennis 9-articulatis, articulo 3" quam 2'"^ 

 breviori ; prothorace quam longiori ut 12 ad 7 latiori, 

 antice sat angustato, supra crebre rugulose nee grosse 

 punctulato (puncturis circiter 32 in segmenti longitu- 

 dine), lateribus (superne visis) leviter arcuatis, angulis 

 anticis sat acutis modice productis posticis (superne 

 visis) obtuse rectis, basi bisinuata, margine basali ad 

 latera nonnihil magis elevato ; elytris minus perspicue 

 substriatis, subtiliter granulatis, crebre squamose minus 

 fortiter punctulatis (trans elytron puncturis circiter 40) ; 

 pygidio subtilius nee crebre iDunctulato ; coxis posticis 

 quam metasternum sat brevioribus, quam segmentum 

 ventrale 2""' sat longioribus : femoribus posticis inter 

 series fortius minus sparsim punctulatis ; tibiis anticis 

 extus tridentatis ; tarsorum posticorum articulo basali 

 2° sat sequali, quam 3"s paullo longiori; unguiculis ap- 

 pendiculatis. Long., 5^-6 1. ; lat., 2|-3i 1. 

 In general appearance suggestive of some of the members 

 •of the preceding subgroup, this species is at once distinguish- 

 able from them by the short 3rd joint of its antennae and by 

 the outline of its clypeus forming an even curve to the point 

 of actual contact with the eye (a frequent character in this 

 2nd subgroup). It is rather close to //. c/racilipes, Blackb., 

 from which it differs (disi'egarding colour), infer alia, by the 

 squamose and closer puncturation of its elytra. The female 

 differs from the male in being more robust and wider, with 

 hind tarsi shorter and stouter. I have a single example of 

 small size (long., 4^ 1.) and pale castaneous colour, from the 

 Blue Mountains, and one from Victoria of normal size and 

 colour, but with elytra a little less closely punctulate than 

 the form described, which may represent two closely allied 

 species, but in the absence of more numerous specimens of 

 these latter it seems best to regard them provisionally as local 

 varieties. 



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

 II. orbus, sp. nov. Minus elongatus, postice sat dilatatus , 

 sat nitidus ; brunneus, antennis palpisque rufis : supra 

 23ilis brevibus suberectis vestitus ; clypeo crebre rugxiloso, 

 antice rotundato ; labro clypei planum hand attingenti ; 

 f route rugulose subgrosse crebre punctulata, clypeo fron- 

 teque ut plana sat disparia visis ; antennis 9-articulatis, 

 articulo 3° quam 2"s breviori; prothorace quam longiori 

 ut 12 ad 7 latiori, antice sat angustato : supra fortiter 

 sat crebre sat rugulose punctulato (punctin'is circiter 22 



