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Two examples (males), wliidi I name after the collector, 

 a son of the well-known Kuranda naturalist. It is nearest 

 in form and sculpture to H. pascoei, MacL, from which it 

 differs in (1) smaller size, (2) much finer sculpturo of pro- 

 notum, (3) elytral sculpture, which in H. pascoei consists 

 of large cancellate punctures in striae, with finely punctured 

 and wrinkled intervals. Types returned to the South Aus- 

 tralian Museum. 



HOMOTRYSIS POST-TIBIALIS, U. Sp. 



Elongate-ovate, castaneous (elytra slightly darker) ; 



antennae and legs pale red. Upper -surface clothed with 



upright, pale-red hairs, legs smooth. 



Head finely, densely punctate; eyes very close in male 



(intervening space the length of 2nd antennal joint), more 

 distant in female; antennae sublinear- joints 

 lightly enlarged at apex, 3-9 subequal in 

 length, slightly successively widening. 10 and 

 11 of same length, but. finer. Prothorax 

 widest at base, sides nearly straight to 

 middle, thence rounded and narrowed to 

 apex; truncate at apex and base, posterior 

 angles rectangular; disc rather coarsely, 

 sparsely punctate, without medial line, with 

 three shallow depressions at base. Elytra 

 oval, slightly wider than prothorax at base, 

 shoulders rounded; striate-punctate, the 

 striae fine, small seriate punctures clearly 

 evident on basal half only; intervals flat and 

 punctate, the punctures here of about the 



same size as the seriate. E pi pleurae and sternum coarsely 



punctate, abdomen striolate, the apical segments punctate. 



Posterior tibiae of male triangularly widened into a tooth 



near apex. Dim. — 7J-9 x 2|-3 mm. 



Hah. — South-western Australia (the Author). Swan 



River (J. Clark). 



Four examples, two of each sex, before me are distinct 



from K . fusca, Blackb., and H . nigricans, Hope, by differences 



of colour, sculpture, and the male tibiae; no other species 



comes very near it. Type male in Author's Collection, female 



in South Australian Museum. 



HOMOTRYSIS RUFO-COERULEA, n. Sp. 



Elongate-ovate. Head, prothorax, underside, basal joints 

 of antennae, and base of femora red; elytra blue, knees and 

 tibiae (in part), antennae obfuscate. The whole thickly clad 

 with upright, whitish hair. 



