BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 225 



posterior long and thin — the longest three-quarters the length of 

 the first tarsal joint. Length 8|, width 4 J mm. 



Ilab. — Donnybrook, West Australia. 



I have two specimens — both females — which agree in all 

 particulars. Besides the markings, the present species differs 

 from L. lanceolatiM in being shorter and broader, the sterna more 

 feebly wrinkled, and prosternal keel broader at base, mesosternal 

 excavation less sharp. 



M Y C E T P H A G I D yE. 



Triphyllus multiguttatus, n.sp. 



Suboval, slightly convex, above feebly, undersurface moderately 

 shining. Above dark brown; head in front obscure red, eyes 

 black; prothorax with the margins, and an irregular spot on each 

 side of the base, elytra with the margins and numerous spots, 

 testaceous; these spots are elongate, somewhat irregular in 

 number (from eleven to fourteen on each elytron), an oblique one 

 on each side of the scutellum, behind it with its apex at the 

 middle is an irregular spot, sometimes II- but oftenest T-shaped, 

 the spots behind the middle sometimes uniting to form a very 

 irregular transverse fascia, a large round spot near the apex 

 (sometimes united with it); undersurface ferruginous-red, legs 

 paler. Tibiae tipped on the outer apex with short black setae, the 

 inner with a narrow spur. Above densely and obsoletely, under- 

 surface very minutely punctate; elytra very feebly striate. 



Head triangular; eyes large, coarsely faceted; antennae inserted 

 immediately in front of the eyes, not reaching base of prothorax. 

 Prothorax broadly transverse; apex widely and shallowly emar- 

 ginate, base feebly bisinuate; posterior angles acute. Scutellum 

 small, widely transverse, semicircular. Elytra about twice as 

 long as head and prothorax combined, at their widest near the 

 base, where they are slightly wider than prothorax; base truncate, 

 shoulders feebly rounded. Femora and tibiie flattened. Length 

 2f2|, width 11-11 mm. 

 ''/ya^.—Richmond River, N.S.W. 



