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femoribus posticis inter series sat crebre minus fortiter 

 punctulatis ; tibiis anticis extus tridentatis ; tarsorum 

 posticorum articulo basali maris quam 2"'' paullo brev- 

 iori quam 3"s paullo longiori, feminge quam 2'|'' sat multo 

 breviori 3^ sat sequali ; unguiculis appendiculatis. Long., 

 3|-4 1.; lat., lf-2 1. 



I have seen 7 examples of this insect, of which only one 

 is a female ; it is without the long, erect ventral hairs of the 

 male, but is an abraded specimen ; also its tarsi are distinctly 

 shorter and stouter than those of the male. The impression 

 on the middle of the front part of the pronotum is traceable 

 in all the specimens, but is much larger and deeper in some 

 than in other individuals. In general appearance this species 

 seems to be near li. juhatus, Blackb., which however belongs 

 to Group VIII., having the labrum elevated and forming a 

 trilobed outline of the head. 



Tasmania; Hobart and Mount Wellington (Mr. Griffith). 

 H. e.rectus, sp. nov. Modice elongatus, postice parum dila- 

 tatus ; sat nitidus ; ferrugineus ; sujDra fere glaber ; clypeo 

 crebre ruguloso, antice late profunde subquadratim ex- 

 ciso ; fronte crebre sat rugulose punctulata : labro clypei 

 planum hand attingenti ; clypeo f ronteque ut plana valde 

 disparia visis ; antennis 9-articulatis, articulo 3*^ quam 

 2"* breviori ; prothorace Cjiiam longiori ut 16 ad 9 latiori, 

 antice fortiter angiistato, supra subtiliter minus crebre 

 IDunctulato (puncturis circiter 22 in segmenti longitu- 

 dine), lateribus (superne visis) sat arcuatis, angulis an- 

 ticis vix acutis parum productis posticis (superne visis) 

 obtusis, basi leviter bisinuata, margine basali ad latera 

 vix magis elevato ; elytris sat fortiter miniis crebre punc- 

 tulatis (trans elytron j^uncturis circiter 22), ad apicem 

 transversim depressis ; pygidio granulis minutis setiferis 

 minus crebre instructo ; coxis posticis qua,m metasternum 

 sat brevioribus, quam segmentum ventrale 2"™ sat longi- 

 oribus ; femoribus posticis inter series sat crebre subtilius 

 punctulatis ; tibiis anticis extus tridentatis ; tarsorum 

 posticorum articulo basali quam 2>'s multo (quam 3"* vix) 

 breviori: unguiculis appendiculatis. Long., 5 1.; lat., 

 21 1. 



Structurall}/ this species is somewhat close to H. Occi- 

 dent alif, Blackb., from which however it differs by many 

 superficial characters. Its labrum looked at from in front 

 is of unusual shape, the upper and lower planes being placed 

 at right angles to each other and are very nitid, the upper 

 plane appearing as an equilateral triangle. The emargina- 

 tion of the clypeus looks as if a piece almost in the form of 

 a parallelogram had been cut out. The puncturation of th« 



