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ductis posticis (superne visis) rotundatis, basi baud 

 sinuata, margine basali sequali; elytris vix rugulosis, 

 subtilius minus crebre punctulatis (trans elytron punc- 

 turis circiter 24) ; pygidio sparsius subtilius punctulato ; 

 coxis posticis metasterno longitudine sat sequalibus, quam 

 segmentum vent-rale 2 um nuilto longioribus : tarsorum 

 posticorum articulo basali quam 2 US paullo breviori, 3° sat 

 sequali; unguiculis bifidis. Long., 2J 1. ; lat., \\ 1. 

 A very small fragile species. The two specimens in my 

 collection do not bear a label of locality, and their elytra 

 being unfortunately opened apart, I am not sure that the 

 measurement of width or the description of outline is quite 

 exact. A (probably) third specimen is immature and too 

 much broken for certain identification, but is labelled "Roe- 

 buck Bay." This species may be distinguished among its near 

 allies by its very small size alone, but differs also in respect 

 of the characters indicated in the tabulation and in other 

 characters cited in the description. The uppermost of the 

 three external teeth on the front tibiae is very small, but sharp 

 and perfectly formed. The trilobed outline of the head 

 scarcely differs from that of H. viduus. 



Australia. 

 H. neglect us, sp. nov. Minus elongatus, postice sat dila- 

 tatus ; sat nitidus ; f errugineus ; supra pilis brevibus sat 

 erectis minus crebre vestitus ; clypeo crebre sat grosse 

 ruguloso, antice late leviter emarginato, oculos in ex- 

 teriorem partem baud superanti ; labro clypei planum 

 superanti ; capite antice (a tergo oblique viso) tripliciter 

 convexo (parte mediana quam lateralium dimidium sat 

 latiori) ; fronte sat crebre sat grosse vix rugulose punc- 

 tulata; hac clypeoque ut plana parum disparia visis; 

 antennis 9-articulatis ; prothorace quam longiori ut 16 

 ad 9 latiori, antice parum angustato, supra fortius minus 

 crebre punctulato (puncturis circiter 16 in segment! longi- 

 tudine), lateribus (superne visis) sat arcuatis, angulis 

 anticis sat obtusis minus productis posticis superne visis 

 fere rotundatis, basi vix sinuata, margine basali sat 

 sequali; elytris baud rugulosis, sparsius minus fortiter 

 punctulatis (trans elytron puncturis circiter 24) ; pygidio 

 sparsim minus fortiter punctulato ; coxis posticis quam 

 metasternum vix brevioribus quam segmentum ventral e 

 2um nrulto longioribus; tarsorum posticorum articulo 

 basali quam 2 11S paullo breviori, 3° sat sequali : unguiculis 

 bifidis. Long., 4 1.; lat. 2 T V 1. 



I have hitherto confused this species with H. ineola, 

 Blackb., but am satisfied that it is distinct. It is a particu- 



