BY A. M. r,EA. 723 



elytra the}' have a cui'ious rusty-brown appearance as of having 

 been irregularly smoked, the colour being nioi-e intense about 

 the base of elvtra than elsewhere, but on the scutellum the scales 

 are almost white. The sette are denser on the tibiae, tarsi, 

 muzzle, and apex of abdomen than elsewhere, but they ai-e 

 nowhere sparse; those on the upper surface are more or less 

 golden. The only sign of tlie interocular fovea is a slight de- 

 pression in the scales at its position. Seen directly from in 

 front, the base of the elytra appears to be conspicuously margined 

 by six strong tubercles; these are almost the largest, but the 

 most acute ones are those on and about the summit of the apical 

 slope. 



Leptops mucidus, n.sp. 



Black. Densely clothed with small, soft scales, varying from 

 ashen-white to pale muddy-brown; in addition with numerous 

 stiif setse, becoming denser and thinner on tibia^, tarsi, and 

 abdomen. 



Head flat between eyes, interocular fovea scarcely traceable. 

 Rostrum moderately long; median carina distinct in middle, but 

 not traceable to interocular fovea or apical plate; sublateral sulci 

 long, narrow, and deep, but almost open posteriorly; scrobes 

 very shallow posteriorly. Antennae not very stout; two basal 

 joints of funicle comparatively long, none of the others trans- 

 verse. Prolhorax almost as long as wide, sides rather strongly 

 rounded; with numerous small tubercles or large granules; with 

 a small medio-apical impression. Elytra elliptic-ovate, at widest 

 fully twice the width of prothorax, with numerous small tubercles 

 or nodes, mostly rounded, but a few subconical; with fairly 

 regular punctures about sides, but the derm elsewhere mostly 

 vermiculate-rugose. Frostermhm, unarmed. Leys rather long; 

 tibite feebly denticulate. Length, 17-1 8 mm. 



Hah. — Western Australia : Killerberrin (H. J. Carter), Swan 

 River (British Museum). 



The two specimens before me are probably feujales; in the 

 1906 table of the genus, they would be referred to C, j, but their 

 general appearance is very different from those of any species 

 of that group, and at a glance they seem near L. cucozelus, fi'om 



