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vestitus ; pronoto pilis erectis elongatis antice fimbriato, 

 et his in elytris prope basin distributes : clypeo (hoc 

 antice rotundato) fronteque crebre sat fortiter rugulosis, 

 planum sat sequalem efficientibus ; antennis 8-articulatis ; 

 prothorace quam longiori ut 11 ad 7 latiori, antice for- 

 titer angustato, supra confertim subtiliter ^ubaspere 

 punctulato (puncturis circiter 38 in segmenti longitudine), 

 lateribus pone mediam partem sat fortiter rotundatis, 

 angulis anticis sat acutis parum prominulis posticis (sup- 

 ern£ visis) subacutis, basi modice bisinuata, margine 

 basali ad latera vix magis elevato ; elytris confertim sat 

 subtiliter subaspere punctulatis (trans elytron puncturis 

 circiter 50) ; pygidio crebrius subtilius punctulato ; coxis 

 posticis quam metasternum sat brevioribus, quam seg- 

 mentum ventrale 2 um sat longioribus ; tibiis anticis extus 

 tridentatis ; tarsorum posticorum articulo basali quam 

 2 US paullo breviori quam 3 US parum longiori: unguiculis 

 appendiculatis. Long., 6 J 1. ; lat., 3-J- 1. 



In the tabulation of Group II. (Trans. Roy. Soc, S.A., 

 1908, p. 384) this species must stand beside tonms, Blackb., 

 which it resembles considerably, differing, however, by, inter 

 alia multa, the much sharper hind angles of its pronotum and 

 the much closer and finer punctures of its elytra. It may be 

 placed thus in the tabulation (under A, BB, C, D) : — 



E. Elytral punctures ^ very close (20 from 



suture not reaching to middle) ... confertus, Blackb. 

 EE. Elytral punctures much less close (20 



from suture considerably passing 



middle) torvus, Blackb. 



It should be noted that the clypeus and frons do not 

 present quite so even and continuous a surface as in H . tristis, 

 Blackb., and torvus — which is also the case in H. hispidulus, 

 Blackb. The pronotum in H. tristis is much less closely punc- 

 tured than in this species and torvus. 



Victoria; Dividing Range. 



H. novitius, sp. nov. Minus elongatus, postice leviter dila- 

 tatus ; sat nitidus ; obscure f errugineus : supra pilis 

 brevibus adpressis vestitus ; pronoto pilis erectis sat 

 elongatis antice fimbriato, nonnullis in elytris dispersis; 

 clypeo (hoc antice late vix emarginato) fronteque crebre 

 sat rugulosis, planum continuum efficientibus : labro clypei 

 planum fere attingenti, a tergo oblique viso sat fortiter 

 emarginato : antennis 8-articulatis ; prothorace quam 

 longiori ut 5 ad 3 latiori, antice parum angustato, supra 

 subtilius sat crebre punctulato (puncturis circiter 22 in 

 •segmenti longitudine), lateribus (superne visis) minus 



