by a. sidney olliff, f.e.s. 477 



120. Leptacinus filum. 



Leptacinus filum, Blackburn, Trans. Royal Soc. S. Australia, 

 1887, p. 7. 



Angustus ; parallelus ; nitidus ; niger ; antennis, palpis, pecli- 

 bnsque piceis ; elytris iionnullis exemplis apicem versus dilutiori- 

 bus ; antennarum articulis 4-10 sat fortiter transversis ; capite 

 elongato ; crebre subtilius punctato, fronte longitudinaliter obso- 

 lete bifoveolato ; prothorace tertia parte longiore quam latiore, 

 subtiliter crebrius vix lineatim punctato, disco laevi ; elytris pi'o- 

 thorace vix longioribus, crebrius subtiliter confuse punctatis ; 

 abdomiue subtilissime nee crebre punctato. Long. 5-5^ mm. (Blk.) 



Port Lincoln, South Australia. 



This species is said to have the fades and essential characters 

 of Leptacinus, but to differ from all the other species in having 

 slightly impressed frontal fovese and the dorsal series of thoracic 

 punctures confused with the lateral punctures. 



32. Metoponcus. 



Kraatz, Nat. Lis. TI. p. 651 (1857)— Fauvel, Fn. Gall.-Rhen., 

 in. p. 379. 



General characters of Leptacinus. Maxillaiy palpi with the 

 last joint narrow at the base, subulate. Antennae geniculate, 

 very short, the joints large and depressed. 



This genus is remarkable for the bright colouring of many of 

 of the species. Its distribution is world wide. 



121. Metoponcus cyaneipennis. 



Leptacinus cyaneijyennis, Macleay, Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W. II. 

 p. 137 (1871) — Metoponcus cyaneipennis, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. 

 Genov. X, p. 237 (1877). 



