228 GEXrs 22g. — LEPTOPS. 



crassatuin, nonnihil arcuatum, dorso sulj-ffiquale vel obsolete 

 tantuin canaliculatum^ punctulatiuii , supra os tnangulariter im- 

 prossunv el excisum. Aiitennaj sub-teiiucs, ihoracis basin vix 

 attingentes, parce pubescentes, clava oblongo-ovali, acumiiiaia. 

 Tborax latitudine baseos paulo brevior, anterius angustior, apicc 

 in nieilio sub-Uunratus, pone oculos lato lubatus, latcribus a basi 

 ultra uicdium reciis; basi ferc iruncalns vel iu luedio paium ro- 

 tiuidato-productus; supra modico ronvcxus, sat rüde remote rugo- 

 so-punctatus, dorso late sed minus profunde canaliculatus , vitiis 

 duabu5 lateralibus, dilutius sfjuamosis, paruni distinctis. ScutcUum 

 parvuni, sub-triangulare. Elytra antice conjunctim loviter ( iiiar- 

 ginata, llioracis basi paulo latiora, luniioris angulatis; latcribus 

 aequaliter admodum anipliata, margine inflexo, bi-sinuato, sirui 

 anteriore intra basin breviore , altere in medio latius extenso ; 

 apice conjunctim sub-acuminata , tborace (juadruplo fere lon- 

 giora ; supra valdc convexa, sub-gibbosa ; icmotc striato-punctata, 

 interstitiis alternis planiusculis, alutaccis, secundo, quarto sexto- 

 que a sutura sub-elevatis , seriatim tubcrculatis, serie extima sub- 

 intcgra, interioribus antice abbreviatis, tuberculis in tcrgopostico 

 insignioribus, juxta marginem prop(^ basin praHerea spinula acu- 

 tiuscula, clevata. Corpus subtus punctidatum, pectore convcxio- 

 re, venire posterius piano. Pedes mediocres, inermes, femoribus 

 parurn incrassatis, extus ante apicem macula parva obsoletiore 

 albido-squainosa, notatis; tibiis rectis, pilosis, tarsis subtus fusco- 

 griseo-spongiosis. — Fns. 



12. L. Spineus. Hopc. 



Elongato-sub-ovatus , nlyer, .<i(juainii(is fusco-ctnereh , sub-opacis , 

 vestitus, rostro (ipice bi-sulcato; ihoracis dorso antice fovea im- 

 presso; eljlromin inlersliliis dorsalibus alternis sub-costatis , abbre- 

 uiatini seriato-spinosis , intra nmrtjincin exterioreni antice spinulis 

 siib-binis. 



Ilabitat ad Swan River, Novae Ilollandiae. Dom. Hope. 



Magnitudine Leptopi stpudido lequalis vel paulo robustior. 'rutiis 

 niger, squamulis fusco-cincreis, sub-ocbraceo-tinctis, undique 

 vestitus. Caput breve, convexum, confcrtim punctatum, fronte 

 antice canalicnla abbreviata, sat profunda, inipressa ; oculi 

 oblongo-sub-ovati, pcrparuni convcxi ; rostruni rapitc niulto 

 anguslius, at plus duplo longius, svib-rectum, apice incrassatuui, 

 convexiusculum, crebre lugoso-punctatum, supra os sulculis binis 



