BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 811 



d. Body squamose. 



Liparetrus vestitus, Blanch. Liparetrua squamiger, n. sp. 



,, nuclipennis, Germ. ,, subsquamosus, n. sp. 



Liparetrus rotundiformis, n. sp. 



Sub-section IV. 



Clypeus emarginate. 

 Liparetrus abnormalis, n. sp. Liparetrus siniillimus, n. sp. 



Liparetrus Kennedyi, n. sp. 



SECTION II. 



Antennae 8-jointed. 



Liparetrus nionticola, Fab. Liparetrus unicolor, Mast. 



„ ferrugineus, Blanch. ,, pygrnaeus, Burm. 



„ erythropygus, Blanch. ,, Cookii, n. sp. 



,, depressus, Blanch. ,, hispidus, n. sp. 



„ poverus, Blanch. ,, Burmeisteri, n. sp. 



,, valgoides, Blanch. „ ordinatus, n. sp. 



„ huniilis, Blanch. ,, Msechidioides, n. sp. 



Liparetrus striatipennis, n. sp. 

 I now proceed to the description of the species in each group. 



SECTION I. 



Sub-section I. 



Clypeus of the male prolonged into a broad acutely-angled 

 lamina. Body villose. 



1. Liparetrus ph^enicopterus, Germ. 



Linn. Ent. III. 184S, p. 1.92 ; Burm. Hanclb. IV. 2, p. 197. 



Black, densely flavo-pilose, the hair on the thorax somewhat 

 darker, the elytra ferruginous, dispersedly punctate, the clypeus of 

 the male elevated at the apex and angularly truncate. 



Length, 4 lines. 



