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REVISION OF THE GENUS SEIROTRANA, ETC., 



depressions symetrically placed on each side of the middle, with 

 no trace of medial canal. Scutellum transversely elliptical. 



Elytra convex, oval, glabrous, closely 

 joining pronotnm at base, but 

 shoulders declivous and not meeting 

 hind angles of pronotum. Sides 

 gradually widening in a curve to 

 half-way, then narrowing to a sharp 

 point at apex; punctured similarly 

 to pronotum, but the punctures 

 coarser, producing short castaneous 

 hairs. Body beneath and legs a 

 piceous-red, shining. Femora swol- 

 len ; tibiae slightly expanded at 

 apex and armed with a small spur; 

 tarsi scantily and shortly pubescent. 

 Dimensions — 8 x 3*1 mm. 



Hub. — Mount Kosciusko (under 

 logs; two specimens collected by 

 the author). 

 This insect is entirely different from any Australian Tenebri- 

 onid I have yet met with. It is remarkable for the entire 

 absence of striae or costae, combined with its convex form, and 

 cistelid-like facies of legs and underside. It is most like Melytra 

 ovata Pasc, in some respects, but differs widely from this insect 

 in the shape of the prothorax and the structure of its antenna?. 

 I have placed it provisionally in this section of the Tenebrionidae 

 with some diffidence. 



Fig. 3. 



HYMiEA LATICOLLIS. 



Elongate, subcylindrieal; shining fulvous-brown, darker on 

 front and pronotum, oral regions, epistoma and antenna? reddish. 



Head placed vertically, coarsely punctured, less triangular, 

 proportionately shorter and with eyes less prominent than in H. 

 succinifera Pasc; antennae more slender and lineate, with the 

 three apical joints more bead-like, i.e., less flattened and more 



