• BY THOMAy G. 8L0AN1U. 411 



from stride at base of second interstice to apex. Length, 18'5- 

 20; breadth, 7-7 4 mm. 



Hab. — Northern Territory. Type in National Museum, Mel- 

 bourne. Dedicated to Mr. H. L. White, of Belltrees, N.S.W., 

 the well-known ornithologist, at Mr. J. A. Kershaw's request. 

 Two specimens ticketed "Flooded area. King R., N.T.; W. 

 McLennan; 24.12.15," were sent to me for determination. 



Allied to Gn. vuliieripewuis Macl., from Java, but larger. It 

 differs from Gn. philippensis Chev., { = Gn.. IcEviceps Macl.)* by 

 antennae with basal joint black; prothorax with wider flattened 

 space near each posterior angle and along sides; elytra with 

 interstices much more convex, summits nitid, third and fifth 

 interstices wider than first, second, and fourth, wider than in 

 6^?i. /)At/ijt>/>e>is is -especially towards apex, — seventh and ninth 

 wider towards apex, punctures of third interstice foveiform, not 

 ranged along third stria towards base, &c. 



Genus Lecanomerus. 



Lecanomerus lucidus, n.sp. 



$. Oval. Prothorax wide, rounded on sides, hardly narrowed 

 to Vjase; basal angles obtuse : elytra ovate, lightly striate; inter- 

 stices depressed, second without striole at base, third impunc- 

 tate. BlacU, nitid; elytra with submetallic greenish reflections 

 in certain lights; femora piceous-brown, tibiae and antennae 

 brownish; antennae with two basal joints testaceous, third joint 

 piceous. 



Head moderate (1*1 mm. across eyes); frontal impressions 

 feebly marked, wide, round; eyes round, convex; mandibles pro- 

 minent, decussate. Prothorax short, transverse (1*5 x 2-2 mm.), 

 widest about middle, much wider across base (2 mm.) than apex 

 (I'Sram.), subdepressed towards base, lightly and widely de- 

 clivous on each side anteriorly; basal angles roundly obtuse; base 



'■"I have seen a specimen of Amhlygnathun pliUipptnds Chev., ticketed 

 "Manila," and have also seen the same species from Celebes and New 

 (xuinea; these specimens I caiuiot differentiate from Pachauchenins f<eviceps 

 Macl., of the mainland of Australia. It therefcjre seems that Gn. kpviceps 

 Macl., must be regarded as s3monymous with iiii. phi/ ippeiixlf^ Chew, winch 

 ranges from the Philippine Islands to Tropical Australia. 



