BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 569 



seen from behind appearing somewhat like a short, broad M, 

 apex with a red transverse patch narrowed at sides, wide near 

 suture. Under surface blue-black, abdominal segments bordered 

 with pale yellow; legs red, four posterior femora black, |)osterior 

 tibije and tarsi tinijed with brown. Head with brown suberect 

 hair, sides of prothorax with decumbent golden hair, sides and 

 base of elytra with rather dense, comparatively short, erect brown 

 hair. 



Head irregularly transversely corrugate, an irregular fovea 

 between eyes, clypeus irregular. Basal joint of antennae con- 

 siderably longer than 2nd, swollen towards apex, apex almost 

 truncate or feebly emarginate, joined to 2nd at its outer edge, 

 inner edge projecting; 2nd deeper than its length or width, length 

 greater than depth, inner face convex, outer concave towards 

 apex, top with two obscure teeth or nodes, one at each end. 

 Prothorax with shallow scattered punctures at sides and base; 

 base and apex equal in width; feebly transversely depressed near 

 base. Scutellum transverse, punctate, sides oblique, apex trun- 

 cate. Elytra about twice the length of head and prothorax 

 combined, at base not much wider than prothorax, feebly widened 

 to near apex; medirtn fascia densely and rather coarsely punctat •, 

 the punctures encroaching on violet markings, especially at the 

 sidesj sides and suture raised and thickened except near apex. 

 Anterior femora less thick than is usual. Length 6Jr, width 



*»' 



2# mm. 



Hab. — Bevei4ey, W.A. 



This species, of which I have an unique male specimen under 

 examination, differs from L. plagiaticollis in having the two pro- 

 jections on the 2nd antennal joint very small and equal, the face 

 with five spots, two near the eyes being longitudinal, two on the 

 disc transverse, and the 5th between the eyes and scarcely 

 traceable. The size and shape of the prothoracic and elytral 

 markings are also different. It is certainly not a variety of that 

 species. 



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