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much coarser sculpture, more hirsute clothing, and convex 

 elytral intervals. The sculpture is nearest that of the 

 Eastern Australian elongata, Macl., but the latter is quite 

 differently shaped, and has a still more coarsely punctured 

 pronotum. Type in South Australian Museum. 



Hybrenia pilosa, n. sp. 

 S . Elongate-obovate, black nitid. Body sparsely clothed 

 with upright red hairs, legs more densely so. 



Head rather densely punctate; eyes large, prominent, 

 very close (separated by a space about the length of second 

 antennal joint) ; joints of antennae linear, 3 longer than 4, 

 thence successively shorter to- 8, rest wanting. Prothorax 

 apex bisinuate, produced in middle; here about as wide as 

 head; truncate and widest at base; sides parallel on basal 

 half, thence lightly converging in front; disc rather coarsely 

 and closely punctate, the punctures more sparse towards sides; 

 a faint medial depression on front half and two wide foveate 

 impressions at base, and a slight depression at middle near 

 base. Elytra considerably wider than prothorax at base, 

 shoulders prominent, sides lightly widening behind middle; 

 striate-punctate, the seriate punctures close, increasing in size 

 from suture to sides, placed in deep striae; intervals convex, 

 finely punctate and transversely wrinkled ; a row of large 

 punctures on the epipleurae. Metasternum coarsely, 

 abdomen finely punctate. Posterior tarsi mutilated. Dim. — 

 14-16x5^-6 mm. 



Hab. — Western Australia: Geraldton (J. Clark). 



Two examples, both male, are easily distinguished from 

 the five species having convex elytral intervals mentioned in 

 my tabulations^' by its hairy clothing. Type in the South 

 Australian Museum. 



Hybrenia torrida, n. sp. 



Elongate, narrowly obovate, brownish-black; tarsi and 

 antennae reddish; upper-surface sparsely clad with short red- 

 dish hair. 



Head closely punctate, eyes in male approximate, but not 

 contiguous; in female more widely separate; antennae sub- 

 linear, 3 longer than 4; 5-11 subequal in length but narrowing 

 towards apex. Prothorax subrhomboidal and depressed, sides 

 rounded anteriorly, posterior angle rectangular, base and apex 

 truncate, disc densely, subrugosely punctate; the punctures 

 moderately large ; faintly bi-impressed at base, and sometimes 

 subobsoletely impressed on medial line. Scutellum triangular. 



(5)Z.c., p. 86. 



