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NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



to base, posterior angles obtuse; disc closely, finely, but clearly 

 punctate, with feeble indications of a medial line in some ex- 

 amples, one or two setiferous punctures near sides, and a regula/r 

 row of closely set puncture* immediately within the narrow border. 

 Scutellum nitid and bead-like. Elytra wider than prothorax at 

 base and more than twice as long, punctate-sulcate, the intervals 

 clearly convex, of even width, the 3rd with a seta slightly behind 

 the middle; the flanks of sternum with deep, round, scattered 

 punctures, the narrow epipleurse also punctate, abdomen smooth 

 and nitid. Dimensions : 9-1 1 x 2f-3| mm. 



Hah.— Capertee, N.S.W. (T. G. Sloane and H. J. Carter). 



Eleven specimens taken show a species clearly distinct from 

 L. sylvicola Blackb., — which was also common in this region — by 

 the following comparison. 



L. sylvicola. 



Size: larger and wider. 



Pronotum: sides more round- 

 ed, disc nearly smooth (in gen- 

 eral with two large fovea?). 



Elytra punctate-sulcate, in- 

 tervals flat. 



L. pancta-latera. 



narrower and more convex. 



sides less rounded, disc clear- 

 ly punctate, with lateral row of 

 larger punctures. 



punctate-striate, intervals 

 convex. 



S. nitidissima Lea, is a much shorter insect, with very trans- 

 verse thorax. The lateral row of punctures on prothorax is a 

 rare character in this and allied genera. 



L. puncta-latera, var. — Three examples taken by myself near 

 Orange have dark castaneous legs, but are, I consider, conspecific 

 with the above. 



Brycopia diemenensis, n.sp. (Plate v., fig. 19). 



Oblong-ovate, robust, dark bronze; legs, antenna?, and palpi 

 pale red. 



Head with sparse, coarse punctures, epistomal furrow deep and 

 straight, forehead convex, eyes small but prominent, antenna- 

 short (not extending to base of prothorax), moniliform, and 

 rather slender, 3rd joint little longer than 4th, apical joints 

 slightly enlarged. Prothorax 2x3imm., convex, subparallel, 



