BY THOMAS G. SLOANK. 835- 



narrow and convex at apex (they are flat in H. ovatus), puncture 

 of third interstice more distant from apex, etc. 



Lecanomerus carteri, n.sp. 



Elongate-oval, ratlier depressed; prothorax subquadrate, wide 

 and not punctate at base, basal angles subrectangular; elytra 

 fully striate, interstices depressed, narrower and a little convex 

 near apex, second with a very short striole rising from a puncture- 

 at base, third impunctate about middle of length. Piceous; 

 elytra opaque in Q; margin obscurely ferruginous (including 

 inflexed margins of prothorax and elytra); femora testaceous^ 

 tibife, tarsi, antennje, and labriim more or less ferruginous. 



Head ordinarj(r3 mm. across eyes). Prothorax broader than 

 long(l-6 X 215), broadest about middle, much wider at base 

 (1-85 mm.) than apex(l-5 mm.), lightly declivous on anterior part 

 of sides, depressed across base; sides lightly arcuate, slightly 

 (obliquely, hardly roundly) narrowed to base; apex emarginate> 

 anterior angles marked but obtuse; base truncate, very lightly 

 emarginate above peduncle, a little curved at each side; basal 

 angles decidedly marked; a wide depressed impunctate basal 

 space on each side. Elytra truncate-oval(4:-5 x 3 mm.), lightly 

 rounded on sides-, lightly convex; apical curve hardly sinuate on 

 each side; humeial angles marked, not dentate; inner humeral 

 angles sharply marked. Length 7-8-3, breadth 2 75-3-25 mm. 



Ilab. — Dorrigo. 



This species is at once distinguished from L. verticalis Erichs.^ 

 and L. flavocinctuti* Blkb., by its larger size, sharper basal angles 

 of prothorax, and the apex of the elytra far less strongly sinuate 

 on each side. It is by these characters associated with L. major 

 Blkb., and L. minor Blkb.; from L. major (to which species, 

 amongst those described, it is most nearly allied) it may be reaJily 



* L. flavocinctu? Blkb., = L. occidentcdis SI. A specimen of L. flarocinctus- 

 was sent to me by the Rev. Thos. Blackburn, and, after comparing it with 

 cotypes of L, occidentalis in my Collection, I consider them synonymous. 

 The prothorax varies in width in my specimens from Western Australia. 



