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scarcely extending to apex; funicle with 1st joint slightly longer 

 than 2nd. Prothorax rather wider at apex than is usual; densely 

 punctate, punctures partially visible. Elytra about once and 

 one-third the width of prothorax ; punctate-striate, punctures 

 apparently small and close together, but more or less concealed; 

 interstices considerably wider than punctures and flat. Three 

 intermediate segments of abdomen straight. Femora leather feebly 

 dentate, posterior level with apex of abdomen; claw-joint moder- 

 ately strongly exserted. Length 3 (vix), rostrum 1 ; width 

 5 mm. 

 //«5.— N.S.W. : Gosford. 



A pretty species and the first of the genus to be recorded from 

 Eastern Australia. I have recently had under examination some 

 South Australian specimens (Macleay Museum) which evidently 

 belong to this species. They differ from the types in having the 

 clothing more of a brick-red with the white spots less conspicuous 

 and the basal half of the rostrum almost black. 



LyB^BA IN^QUALIS, n.sp. 



Red ; scutellum and sterna usually darker. Rather densely 

 and almost uniforml}'^ clothed with ochreous scales, rather paler 

 on prothorax and legs than on elytra and under surface, elytra 

 in places very feebly variegated with paler scales, usually most 

 noticeable along suture and apex. 



Rostrum almost parallel-sided to antennfe, and with feeble 

 ridges and moderately strong punctures; from antennae suddenly 

 lessened both in width and thickness, shining and impunctate. 

 Scape considerably shorter than funicle, insertion distinctly 

 nearer base than apex of rostrum; funicle with 1st joint just 

 perceptiblj' longer than 2nd. Prothorax strongly punctate, 

 punctures almost concealed. Ehjtra almost twice the width of 

 prothorax; striate-punctate, punctures oblong, not close together; 

 interstices considerably wider than punctures, almost flat, feebly 

 granulate, none ridged. Three intermediate segments of abdomen, 

 straight. Posterior yeworo terminated before apex of abdomen; 



