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rectis); elytris liaud striatis, ti-ansversiin maiiifo.ste rugulosis ; 

 tibiis anticis extus 3-dentatis ; labro clypeum liaud super- 

 anti, antennis 9-articuIatis ; coxis posticis ad latera (|uam 

 metastenuun raulto brevioribus ; unguiculis subbifidis. 

 Long., 2a 1. ; lat., 1-| 1. 



The claws are not unlike those of tlie preceding species, but 

 their apical piece is shorter and more slender in proportion. 



In the tabulation (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1888, pp. 1328-31) 

 this species falls beside U. darlingensis, Black b., from which its 

 carinate. clypeal suture, stronger elytral puncturation, etc., 

 readily distinguish it. It is in some respects like the preceding 

 species in miniature, but is very much more coarsely punctured 

 throughout. Compared with //. satelles, Blackb., it is a less 

 elongate, and much more coarsely sculptured insect. 



Upper Mui'cliison River. 

 II. lohatns, Blackb. Fraser Range. 



//. feroidiis, sp. nov. Modice elougatus; sat convexus ; postice 



vix dilatatus ; sat nitidus ; ferrugineus, antennai-um clava 



testacea ; pilis brevibus adpressis et alteris elongatis erectis 



sat sparsim vestitus ; capite crasse rugulose, prothorace 



dupliciter (subtiliter et crasse) minus crebre, elytris squamose 



sat leviter, pygidio sparsim vix fortiter, punotulatis ; clypeo 



antice fortiter emarginato, ante oculos sat fortiter dilatato, 



sutura clypeali impressa angulata ; prothorace quani 



longiori et postice quam antice fere duplo latiori, lateribus 



modice arcuatis, basi leviter bisinuata, angulis anticis minus 



prominulis minus acutis, posticis rotundatis ; elytris obsolete 



insequaliter substriatis hie illic transversim rugatis ; tibiis 



anticis extus fortiter acute 3-dentatis; labro clypeum anguste 



fortiter superanti ; antennis 8-articulatis ; coxis posticis ad 



latera quam metasternum vix brevioribus ; unguiculis ap- 



pendiculatis. Long., 5 — 6a 1. ; lat., 2| — 3} 1. 



The elytra are not genuinely striated, but their sui'face is in 



places longitudinally convex (in some examples more noticeably 



than in others) which gives some appearance of striation ; the 



nearest approach to a defined stria is close to the suture. 



This species belongs to the aggregate which I liave called 

 ' Group V".," and which falls in section III. of Ileteromjx. The 

 species of that group are tabulated in Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 

 1889, pp. 141-5. This species must be placed (in the tabulation) 

 beside //. nasritus, Blackb., on p. 141 ; it is very nearly allied to 

 nasutus, having an exactly similar clypeal structure and " tri- 

 lobed outline ; " but is a considerably larger insect, with its 

 prothorax much more narrowed anteriorly; its elytra also differ 

 in their puncturation being (juite of the kind called " squamose ' 



