Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated) . e place just beyond the incurved portion of the hind tibiaeof the male is more densely clothed with long hair than else-where, and the middle of the incurved part appears verythin from some directions. 300 Timareta hamata, n. sp. PL xiii., fig. 4. d . Black, antennae and tarsi reddish. Densely clothedwith small round greyish scales, closely adpressed to derm,and with numerous irregular whitish spots; with numerouspale, suberect setae on prothorax, and forming a regular lineon each elytral interstice, sides an
Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated) . e place just beyond the incurved portion of the hind tibiaeof the male is more densely clothed with long hair than else-where, and the middle of the incurved part appears verythin from some directions. 300 Timareta hamata, n. sp. PL xiii., fig. 4. d . Black, antennae and tarsi reddish. Densely clothedwith small round greyish scales, closely adpressed to derm,and with numerous irregular whitish spots; with numerouspale, suberect setae on prothorax, and forming a regular lineon each elytral interstice, sides and legs with longer hairs. Head with dense normally concealed punctures. Antennaelong and thin, scape the length of front tibiae. Prothoraxslightly longer than wide, sides strongly rounded, apex nar-rower than base, with dense normally concealed with shoulders strongly rounded, sides widest at aboutbasal fifth, thence almost evenly narrowed to apex; withregular rows of large punctures, appearing much smallerthrough scales; interstices with dense and minute normally. A B, Hind tibiae of Timareta hamata, Lea, from two pointsof view and unclothed; C D, T. incisipes, Lea; E P, T. ; G H, T. crinita, Pasc. ; I J, T. figurata, Pasc.; K L,front tibiae of T. incisipes, Lea. concealed punctures. Under-surface with dense punctures oftwo sizes, the larger ones scarcely concealed; abdomen withbasal segment widely concave in middle. Front tibiae archednear apex, the apex triangularly dilated on inner side; hindtibiae narrowed near apex, but apex itself much thickenedand hooked, with a conspicuous fascicle of long hairs on tipof the hook. Length, 6-7 mm. 9 . Differs in being wider and more convex, antennaeshorter, seriate punctures of smaller, basal segment ofabdomen gently convex, front tibiae shorter and scarcelyarched near apex, hind tibiae shorter and thicker, apex itselfwider but not hooked or fasciculate. Hah.—South Australia: Flinders Island (P
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