502 



Prothorax about four times as wide as the median length, 

 sides strongly rounded, front angles acute, hind angles 

 widely rounded off, lateral gutters wide in front and at 

 position of hind angles; punctures (except in gutters) very 

 small and sparse. Elytra with geminate-striae and punc- 

 tures very feeble, sides and apex lightly rugulose; suture 

 unarmed. Pygidium opaque and subasperate about base, 

 smooth and shining about apex. Basal joint of hind tarsi 

 distinctly longer than second. Length, 21-23 mm. 



Hab. — South Australia: Murray River (H. S. Cope), 

 Crecy, Grunthal. Type, I. 7812. 



The maxillary palpi are as in Group 3, but as Blackburn 

 treated the gutters of the pronotum as of more importance 

 than the palpi, this species must be referred to Group 2 ; in 

 that group it could only be associated with latebricola, from 

 which it differs in its consistently much smaller size, and by 

 its palpi and pygidium ; in general appearance it is much like 

 punctulata, youldi, and trichopyga. The five specimens 

 before me are all of one sex, probably female. 



Haplonycha interocularis, n. sp. 

 PI. xxxiv., fig. 24. 



Reddish-castaneous, elytra paler. Under-surface and 

 legs densely clothed with long golden hairs, numerous similar 

 hairs between and at sides of eyes, lateral gutters of pronotum 

 with similar hairs, becoming denser at positions of hind 

 angles, and then suddenly terminating; membranous fringe 

 of elytra very short; pygidium glabrous. 



Head with irregular punctures ; clypeus with numerous 

 setiferous punctures on front face, but setae confined to a 

 single row across middle. Antennae with third and fourth 

 joints subequal, fifth with an acute ramus about one-third 

 the length of that of following joint, sixth-ninth forming a 

 club. Maxillary palpi with penultimate joint slightly 

 shorter than the adjacent ones. Prothorax about thrice as 

 wide as the median length, sides strongly rounded, front 

 angles produced and acute, hind ones strongly rounded off; 

 lateral gutters rather wide and densely granulate-punctate, 

 elsewhere with small punctures, becoming very sparse in 

 middle. Elytra somewhat dilated to about the middle; with 

 fairly numerous sharply defined but not very large punctures; 

 apex rugulose, geminate-striae distinct; suture unarmed. 

 Pygidium moderately convex and opaque. Basal joint of 

 hind tarsi distinctly longer than second. Length, 28 mm. 



Hab. — South Australia: Denial Bay (Dr. C. T. Abbott). 

 Type (unique), I. 4608. 



