568 NEW SPEClES OF AUSTRALIAN COLBOPTERA, 



widening somewhat obliquely to suture. Under surface and legs 

 black, abdominal segments margined with yellow. Upper surface 

 rather sparsely clothed with suberect, brownish hairs. 



Head scarcely visibly punctate; obliquely flattened behind, per- 

 pendicularly in front, the face from some directions appearing 

 feebly conca^-e. Basal joint of antenna? shorter than 2nd, with a 

 rather strong tooth at its outer apex; 2nd large, longer than wide, 

 seen from below much wider at apex than base, apex rounded, 

 sides oblique, base truncate, beneath convex, aliove deeply and 

 irregularly concave, an obtuse tooth close to 3rd joint. Prothorax 

 more transverse than is usual ; very feebly punctate at sides ; 

 transversely depressed at base, each side of base in middle with a 

 very feeble transverse elevation. Scntellum depressed at apex. 

 Elytra with minute punctures throughout, and with an appear- 

 ance as of small flattened almost obsolete granules scattered about; 

 sides feebly thickened, suture still more feebly. Length 4, width 

 2 mm. 



Hah.—Whitton, N.S.W. 



A|)])ears to be close to L. rugullpennis, but the following 

 remarks in the description of that sjtecies do not apply to my 

 unique specimen : — " Capite punctulato, inter oculos transversim 

 impresso summo sulcatulo; elytris grosse parum dense punctatis, 

 basi apiceque multo minus; pedibus anticis testaceis." 



Laius rugiceps, n.sp. 



(J. Head black, with five yellow markings — a narrow stripe by 

 the side of the eyes, a small spot on each side of disc, and a ver}^ 

 obscure spot between eyes; clypeus yellow; antennte black, two 

 basal joints red, 2nd-6th red on one side, black on the other; 

 prothorax red, a rather large irregular black patch on disc not 

 extending to apex, narrowed towards and then suddenly dilatino- 

 at base; elytra with a large violet patch at base, not extending to 

 suture and somewhat extended on disc; median fascia red, dilated 

 at sides and suture (where it is continued to scutellum), near 

 apex with a violet patch continued across but narrowed at suture 



