BY A. M. LEA. 7^1 



but conspicuous, lluid-parts with dense punctures, much as on 

 pronotuni, but a few of larger size scatteretl about. Front tibui^ 

 strongly but obtusely tridentate: basal joint of bind tarsi con- 

 spicuously longer than second. Length, 8-8 1 nnn. 



Ilab. — Queensland: Cloncurry(H. Hacker). 



In Blackburn's Table, would be associated with L. perkinsi, 

 but ditfers from that species in being much larger, non-iridescent, 

 prothoracic punctures considerably larger and niore sharply 

 defined, and elytral punctures larger. L. trideiUahis, which has 

 a sornewhit similar clypeus and is similarly coloured, has the 

 front half of the pronotum densely clothed; from L. inifirmedius, 

 it differs in being larger, clypeus strongly incurved before the 

 apical teeth, prothorax glabrous on disc, and with smaller and 

 much denser punctures, elytra entirely pale, etc. The clypeus is 

 conspicuously tridentate in front, but the sides near the apex are 

 strongly incurved, so that, when viewed obliquely from behind, 

 it appears to consist of five almost equal lobes; immediately 

 behind its suture, the surface is shining and sparsely punctate, 

 with large punctures marking the position where the sparse and 

 dense punctures meet. On the two specimens before me, the 

 hind parts are entirely glabrous, except for a few hairs on the 

 pygidium. 



Haplonycha coi.ossa, n.sp. 



Bright reddish-castaneous, elytra paler. Undersurface and 

 legs with dense, golden hairs, a few similar hairs at sides of eves, 

 and forming a thin row in each lateral gutter of pronotum; mem- 

 branous fringes of elytra very short; pygidium glabrous. 



Head with rather small but sharply defined punctures, becom- 

 ing somewhat larger and more numerous (but not confluent) 

 about clypeal suture ; front face of clypeus with numerous 

 setiferous punctures on sides, but aetse confined to a single row 

 across middle. Antenna? with fourth joint slightly longer than 

 third, the five following joints forming a club. Maxillary palpi 

 rather long, penultimate joint slightly longer than antepenulti- 

 mate, and scarcely shorter than apical, Prothorax more than 

 thrice as wide as long, sides rather strongly rounded and feeblv 

 arcuate to base and apex, front angles somewhat produced, hind 



