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coxis posticis ad latera quam metasternuni haud brevioi'ibus, 

 quam segmentum ventrale secundum multo longioribus ; 

 uiiguiculis appendiculatis, parte apieali <|uaiu basalis paullo 

 breviori. Long., 4 1. ; lat., 2,\, 1. 

 This species belongs to the last group of Jleteronyx (having 

 labrum overtopping the plane of the clypeus, the antenn;e 9- 

 jointed, and the claws appendiculate). It belongs to that portion 

 of the sub-group characterised as having the head and prothorax 

 not densely clothed with long erect hairs, the hind coxa^ not or 

 little shorter than the metasternum, and the puncturation of the 

 upper surface more or less close, fine, and even. In my tabula 

 tion of the species presenting these characters (Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.W., 1889, pp. 665 and 666) it is a little difficult to make this 

 insect iit satisfactorily, as it does not quite agree with " H. 

 middle lobe of trilobed outline narrowest " or " HH. middle lobe 

 widest," as tlie three lobes are about equal. As, however, the 

 middle lobe in H. is a good deal narrower than the others, and in 

 HH. not much wider than the others there will be no fear of 

 confusing the present species with any of those under H,, and it 

 will be better to apporticm it to HH. (p. 666), altering "wider" 

 (line 6) into " not narrower," and then distinguishing it from 

 laminatus, !31ackb., by its front tibiie having only two teeth 

 externally. 



Victoria Spring and Eraser Range. 



]I. furvus, sp. nov. Sat elongatus ; sat convexus ; postice dila- 



tatus ; sat nitidus ; setis brevibus sat crebre vestitus ; rubro- 



ferrugineus, antennis palpisque dilutioribus ; oapite crebre 



sat fortiter ruguloso ; prothorace subtilius sat crebre, elytris 



subtiliter minus crebre, pygidio sparsim subtiliter, punctu- 



latis ; clypeo antice truncato ante oculos angulatim dilatato, 



sutura clypeali sat profunde impressa recta ; prothorace 



quam longiori plus quam dimidio (postice quam antice 



dimidio) latiori, lateribus modice arcuatis, basi vix bisinuata, 



angulis anticis modice productis aoutis, posticis rotundatis ; 



elytris vix obsolete substriatis certo adspectu subtiliter 



granulatis ; tibiis anticis extus dentibus magnis 2 et supra 



dente parvo armatis ; labro clypeum late subfortiter super- 



anti ; antennis 9 articulatis ; coxis posticis ad latera (juam 



metasternum haud brevioribus ; unguiculis appendiculatis. 



Long., 4^1; lat., 2 j% 1. 



The raised margin of tlie clypeus is scarcely traceable in the 



middle of the front. The "trilobed outline" of the head is 



fairly well defined, the three lobes sube(iual. 



This species belongs to the same group of Jleteronyx as the 

 preceding. Li the tabulation (he. cil.) its place is on p. 667 



