Genus 229. — LEPTOPS. 227 



ginatvim. Antennas ad thoracis basin fere pertingentes , sub- 

 tenues, nigrae, parce pilosae, clava oblonga, ovata, densius fusco- 

 pubescente. Tboiax latitudine j^jostica \ix longior, antice supra 

 late et profunde emarginatus, lobis oculariLus productis, rotun- 

 datis; anteiius nonnihil angustior, utrinque iiitra apiccm anguste 

 consuictiis, lateril)us pauIo rotundato-ampliatus, postice truncatus, 

 angulis acutis, lateraliter nonnibil productis; supra modice con- 

 ve^us, obsolete minus crobre ruguloso-punctatus, inaequalis; 

 dorso longitudinaliter canaiiculatus, inti'a apicem utrinque obso- 

 lete et pone medium evidenter transversini iinprcssus, nigcr, pa- 

 rum nitidus. Scutellum parviun, sub-triangulare, nigrum. Elytra 

 antice truncata, tlioracis basi nonnibil latiora, liumeris obtuse 

 angu'latis, baud elevatis; mox pone basin sensim ampliata, a 

 medio apicem versus angustata, apice ipso singulatim sub-acumi- 

 nata, tborace fere quadruplo longiora, supra vakle convexa, prae- 

 sertim posterius ibique declivia, dorso obsoletius lateribus eviden- 

 ter punctato-striata, tiansversim rugosa, in singulo elytro seriebus 

 duabus, prima non procid a sutura, altera in disco e tuberrulis 

 remotis, obtusis, posterioribus magis elevatis instructa; nigra, 

 parum nitida, vix squamosa. Corpus subtus obsolete punctulatum, 

 nigrum, setulis brevibus^ pallidis , parce adspersum. Pedes lon- 

 giusculi, validi, rufo-ferruginei , parce pubescentes; femoribus 

 modice clavatis, muticis; tibiis teretibus, rectis; apice intus sub- 

 muticis; tarsis modice dilatatis, subtus brunneo-spongiosis. 



Bhn. 



Stirps 3. — Rostrum supra sub-cequale (Spec. i i-i4 )• 



II. L. Spiniger. Hope. 



Oblongo-ouatus, nujer, cinereo-scfuamosus ^ rostro obsolete sub-canali- 

 cululo ; ihorace rucjoso, anterius anyustato , dorso lon(/itudinaU(,er 

 sub-sidcalo ; elytrls convexis, cecjuaUler ampliatis, sub-yibbosis , in- 

 terstitüs alternis tiiberculalis. 



Ilabitat ad Swan River, Novae Ilollandia;. Dom. Hope. 



Leptopi spinipenni similHmus, dimidio tarnen minor, rosti'o 

 praeterea alitcr constructo, tuberculis coleopterormn crebrioribus, 

 etc., facile distinctus. Corpus nigrum, immaculatum, squamulis 

 cinereis undique obductuni. Caput breve, convexum, punctula- 

 tum, fronte foveola, oblonga, obsoletiore impressa; oculi clongati, 

 perpendiculares, depressi, margine posteriore albido-squamoso; 

 rostrum capite fere triplo longius, at inulto angustius, apice in- 



