BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 261 



Mosh'icm moderately long, rather wider than usual, very feebly 

 diminishing from base to apex; in ^ acutely ridged to antennas 

 and rather densely punctate to apex, in 9 thinner, polished, 

 without ridges, and very finely punctate. Scape in ^ inserted 

 one-third from apex of rostrum and slightly shorter than funicle, 

 in 5 inserted in exact middle and noticeably shorter than funicle. 

 Prothorax feebly transverse, apex more than half the width of 

 base, base rather feebly bisinuate; punctures concealed. Scutellum 

 small, round, glabrous, punctate. Elytra cordate, at base not 

 much wider than prothorax, shoulders rounded; punctate-striate, 

 punctures narrow and oblong; interstices flat, much wider than 

 striaj. Met aster mom with a depression continued on to basal 

 segment of abdomen; the latter with only the 1st and 5th seg- 

 ments distinctly visible, the others being greatly depressed; the 

 5th is rounded and slightly embraced by the 4th and is much 

 larger than the intermediates combined. Anterior femora 

 edentate, the others feebly dentate ; tibite almost straight. 

 Length 2, rostrum f; width \\ mm. 



Hah. — S. Australia (Macleay Museum). 



The abdomen is very peculiar, the three median segments being 

 so depressed that their lengths can only be seen from the sides; 

 all three are very short, but the 2nd is almost the length of the 

 3rd and ith combined. 



Lyb.eba picta, n.sp. 



Red. With whitish and ochreous scales continued on to base 

 of rostrum; prothorax, under surface and legs with greyish-white 

 scales, in places with a golden lustre; elytra with chocolate-brown 

 and whitish-grey (more or less tinged with ochreous) scales, more 

 or less fasciate in arrangement; the dark scales in larger masses 

 than the others, but very irregular towards suture. 



Rostrum flat, moderately curved, parallel-sided, without ridges; 

 basal third and sides rather coarsely punctate, elsewhere finely 

 punctate. Scape inserted in middle of rostrum, half the length 

 of funicle and club combined. Protliorax moderately transverse, 

 about half the width of base, base strongly bisinuate; densely 



