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est to agrestis, Burm., having very similar dorsal sculpture, 

 but, inter alia, the trilobed outline of its head is better deve- 

 loped, with narrower middle lobe. It also is somewhat close 

 to scalptus, Blackb., in respect of dorsal sculpture, but its 

 elytra have not the fine transverse wrinkling so evident in 

 scalptus. The elongate hairs and bristles of its surface (e.g., 

 those on the tibiae and those fringing the elytra) seem to" have 

 a more definitely yellow tone of colour than in some species ; 

 but this is, of course, a character of little importance, and 

 may not be so conspicuous in all specimens if the general colour 

 is at all variable. 



Victoria and South Australia. 



.H Waterhousei, sp. nov. Minus elongatus, postice minus 

 dilatatus ; minus nitidus ; ferrugineus ; supra pilis ad- 

 pressis brevibus sat dense vestitus, pronoto antice pilis 

 erectis fimbriato ; clypeo crebre subtilius ruguloso, antice 

 subtruncato, oculos in exteriorem partem haud super - 

 anti ; labro clypei planum superanti ; capite antice (a 

 tergo oblique viso) tripliciter convexo (parte mediana 

 quam laterales paullo angustiori) ; fronte subtilius sat 

 crebre punctulata ; hac clypeoque fere planum continuum 

 efncientibus ; an tennis 9-articulatis ; prothorace quam 

 longiori ut 7 ad 4 latiori, antice minus angustato, supra 

 subtiliter sat crebre punctulato (puncturis circiter 26 in 

 segmenti longitudine), lateribus (superne visis) sat 

 arcuatis postice nonnihil dilatato-rotundatis, angulis 

 anticis subrectis parum prominulis posticis (superne visis) 

 rotundato-obtusis, basi leviter bisinuata, margine basali 

 sat aequali; elytris subtiliter confertim punctulatis (trans 

 elytron puncturis circiter 50) ; pygidio crebre subtiliter 

 punctulato ; coxis posticis quam metasternum vix brevior- 

 ibus quam segmentum ventrale 2 um multo longioribus; 

 tarsorum posticorum articulo basali quam 2 US sat breviori 

 3° sat aequali ; unguiculis posticis elongatis appendicu-. 

 latis, parte basali quam apicalis parum longiori. Long., 

 3f l.;lat., lfl. 



An isolated species resembling in respect of its general 

 characters those of the aggregate DD of A A, B, but having 

 claws like those of the aggregate D. Its superficial re- 

 semblance to H. laminatus, Blackb., is very marked, but it 

 differs (independently of the claw structure) from that species 

 ~by numerous characters — e.g., middle lobe of trilobed outline 

 much narrower and less prominent, and the punctures of its 

 pronotum less close and considerably finer and of its elytra 

 very evidently finer. The third (uppermost) external tooth 

 of its front tibiae is scarcely defined. The trilobed outline of the 



