BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 631 



LiKMOSACCUS MELANOCEPHALUS, n.Sp. 



Red; head, pygidium and under surface black. Very feebly 

 pubescent. 



Eyes rounded, somewhat depressed, distant. Rostrum moder- 

 ately short, curved, subcylindrical, feebly increasing in width to 

 apex; sparsely punctate. Antennse short, inserted slightly nearer 

 base than apex of rostrum; scape the length of club; two basal 

 joints of funicle large, moderately long, subequal. Prothorax 

 with a feeble median line; a moderately distinct elliptic impres- 

 sion on each side at base. Scutellum small, shining, within a 

 depression. Elytra scarcely wider than prothorax, considerably 

 longer than wide; interstices convex, narrow, not much wider 

 than striae. Pygidium small, almost concave, base with a short 

 shining carina. Femora edentate; claw-joint very small, scarcely 

 extending beyond lobes of 3rd. Length 2J, rostrum ^; width 1 

 (vix) mm. 



Hah. — Swan River, W.A. 



DijBFers from cryptonyx in the clothing, from variabilis, riifi- 

 pennis and ventralis by the rostrum, and from instahilis by the 

 insertion of the antennae. 



L. OCULARIS, Pasc. Hah. — King George's Sound, W.A. 



L. LONGiCEPS, Pasc. Hah. — Cairns, N.Q. 



L. ELECTiLis, Pasc. Hah. — S.A. 



L. QUERULUS, Pasc. Hah. — S.A. 



L. TARSALis, Pasc. Hah. — Swan River, W.A. 



Subfamily MENEMACHIDES. 



AciCNEMis SORORIA, Pasc. Hah. — Somerset (Macleay Museum). 



AciCNEMis MERIONES, Pasc. (Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1872, Vol. 

 xi. p. 462, pi, X. fig. 5). Hah. — Cairns (Macleay Museum). 

 Originally described from Batchian. 



