BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 615 



on, 2iid. Anterior tibice shorter and stouter than posterior. 

 Length 4|, rostrum -i; width 1| mm. 



Hab,—k.^.W.: Sydney. 



The specimen described appears to be a male; another, which 

 I think is its female, is slightly larger and stouter, much more 

 obscurely clothed, with the prothoracic tufts much less distinct 

 and the punctures on the head entirely concealed. It appears to 

 be close to A. maculata, but Mr. Pascoe's remark : " Elytris 

 antice utrinque plaga magna alba decoratis " certainly does not 

 apply to either of my specimens, and Mr. Pascoe could scarcely 

 have overlooked the alternately elevated elytral interstices; 

 moreover I think I have a damaged specimen of A. maculata 

 which differs in a number of particulars. 



Since the above was written, I have had under examination 

 two Tasmanian specimens which belong to this species, but which 

 differ in being slightly larger(5f mm.); in having the apex of the 

 prothorp.x feebly bifasciculate, and the two fascicles in the middle 

 of the base much more distinct than any of the others. 



AcHOPEHA XAXTHORRHCE.E Lea, Meiu. Soc. Ent. Beige, xvi. 1908, 



p. 180. 

 Hab. — West Australia. 



AcHOPERA LACHRYMOSA Pasc; Mast. Cat., Sp.No.55 16. 



Piceous; antennae and claw-joints red, rostrum dull red, tibiae 

 obscurely variegated with red. Densely clothed with dingy 

 black overlapping scales, variegated with dingy white or obscure 

 ochreous; elytra with two small whitish spots slightly before the 

 middle; with larger scales scattered about and which are con- 

 colorous with the scales amongst which they are placed, except 

 on the elytra where they are sometimes paler. Under surface 

 with dirty white scales, frequently with a high polish, and often 

 obscurely variegated with black, brown, or ochreous scales; legs 

 with more or less whitish scales; posterior femora with a black 

 patch at outer base and sometimes at inner apex; all the tibiae 

 with two patches of black scales. Head densely squamose, the 



