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antice sat angustato, supra creberiinie subtilius luguloso 

 (granulis circiter 35 in segmenti lougitvidine), lateribus 

 ' (superne visis) leviter arciiatis, angulis anticis parum 

 acutis minvis productis posticis (superne visis) obtuse rec- 

 tis;, basi bisinuata, margine basali ad latera baud niagis 

 elevato ; elytris crebre subtiliter vix rugulose punctu- 

 latis (trans elytron puncturis circiter 40) : pygidio sat 

 nitido subtilius sat crebre punctulato ; coxis posticis 

 quam metasternum sat brevioribus, quam segmentum 

 ventrale 2"'" sat longioribus ; femoribiis posticis inter 

 series crebrius subtilius punctulatis ; tibiis anticis extus 

 tridentatis ; tarsorum posticorum articulo basali quam 

 2"s paullo breviori, quam 3"* paullo longiori : unguicu- 

 lis appendiculatis. Long., 5| 1. ; lat., 3 1. 

 Easily distinguishable from all allied species known to 

 me except puhesceiis, Er., by the very close erect pilosity of 

 its elytra. From puhesceiis it differs by the character speci- 

 fied in the tabulation, and also by, inter alia, the niiich finer 

 and less rugulose puncturation of its dorsal surface and its 

 wider clypeus, which is evidently less rounded in outline. li . 

 deceptor, Blackb., is much less pilose, with elytra more rugu- 

 lose even than those of li . pifhescens. The close pilosity of 

 its elytra makes this species appear less nitid than it really 

 is, and renders it difficult to count the punctures. The punc- 

 tures of the pronotum are scarcely distinct among the gran- 

 ule-like rugulosity of their interstices. 



Victoria; Mount Hotham (Mr. H. J. Carter). 

 H. comans, sp. nov. Modice elongatus, jjostice levit-er dila- 

 tatusi ; sat nitidus ; niger, elytris postice vel totis rufes- 

 centibus, nonniilloriTm exemplorum pedibus rufescenti- 

 bus ; supra pilis perlongis erectis vestitus ; clypeo (hoc 

 antice late rotundato) fronteque crebre rugulosis, fere 

 planum continuum efficientibus : labro clypei planum 

 baud attingenti ; antennis 9-articulatis, articulo 3° 

 quam 2^^^ breviori ; prothorace quam longiori ut 10 ad 

 6 latiori, antice sat angustato, supra ante medium in 

 medio impresso, crebre subtilius vix rugulose punctulato 

 (puncturis circiter 24 in segmenti longitudine), lateribus 

 (siaperne visis) leviter arcuatis, angulis anticis acutis 

 minus> productis posticis (superne visis) sat rectis, basi 

 bisinuata, margine basali ad latera hand magis elevato ; 

 elytris substriatis, subfortiter crebre sat ri7gulose ptmc- 

 tulatis (trans elytron puncttiris circiter 25) : pygidio sat 

 fortiter sat crebre punctulato : coxis posticis quam meta- 

 sternum sat brevioribus quam segmentiim ventrale 2in» 

 sat longioribus; segmentis 3° 4° que (1 maris solum) 

 ventralibus pilis perlongis seriatim transversim vestitis ; 



