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pilosis ; rufobrunnea ; capite crebre sat f ortiter (clypeo 

 magis grosse, hoc sat transverso antice sat alte reflexo) 

 punctulato ; palporum maxillarium articulo apicali 

 supra concavo ; antennis 10-articulatis, articulo 3° tri- 

 angular! (intus quam articuli l us 2 US que conjuncti vix 

 breviori, extus multo breviori, margine apicali ad 

 flabellum applicato quani margo anticus sat- longiori, 

 cum hoc angulum plus minusve spiniformem emcienti) r 

 flabello 7-articulato quam articuli ceteri conjuncti sat 

 longiori (illius articulo basali quam ceteri parum bre- 

 viori) ; prothorace quam longiori ut 18 ad 11 latiori, 

 antice sat angustato, supra inaequaliter (puncturis non- 

 nullis quam ceterae multo majoribus) sat crebre sat for- 

 titer punctulato, lateribus crenulatis f ortiter rotundatis, 

 basi bisinuata, angulis posticis obtusis ; elytris longi- 

 tudinaliter obtuse obsolete coistulatis, dupliciter (sub- 

 tiliter, et puncturis majoribus numerosis leviter impressis) 

 punctulatis ; pygidio confertissime subtilisisime nonnihil 

 aspere punctulato. 

 Fern, latct. Long., 9 J 1. ; lat., 4f 1. 



Somewhat closely allied to It. (Holophylla) austral is, 

 Blackb., but much less nitid, the sides of the prothorax more 

 strongly rounded, the puncturation of the pronotum (especi- 

 ally of its disc) much closer and stronger. From R. assimilis, 

 Blackb., it differs by, inter alia, the triangular shape of its 

 3rd antenna! joint, from helerodactyla, soror, and hirtusoa 

 by the very much less close puncturation of its pronotum, and 

 from the rest of its known congeners by the number of joints 

 in the flabellum of its antennae. The peculiar form of the 

 3rd joint of the antennae, as described above — that joint, 

 moreover, meeting the flabellum considerably in front of the 

 hind margin of the latter — is a structure common to all the 

 Ehopcea known to me (except assimilis), having the flabellum 

 of 7 joints. The erect pilosity of the dorsal surface of this 

 species also distinguishes it from. licAero dactyl a, soror, and 

 assimilis . 



New South Wales ; sent by Mr. Froggatt, as from Boro 

 (his No. 17). 



R. laticollis, sp. nov., Mas. Minus elongata; subtiliter 

 pubescens, capite pronoto elytrisque pilis erectis fulvis 

 sat elongatis vestitis, sternis pedibusque longe fulvo- 

 pilosis ; rufobrunnea ; clypeo (hoc minus transverso, 

 antice alte reflexo) sat grosse nee rugulose, fronte con- 

 fertim subtiliter aspere, punctulatis; palporum maxil- 

 larium articulo apicali supra depresso, parte depressa 

 coriacea ; antennis 10-articulatis, ut prseoedentis (R. 



