816 MISCELLANEA ENTOMOLOGICA, NO. IT. 



base. Elytra testaceous-red with the basal margin black, nitid, 

 rather thinly clothed with hair, and irregularly punctate, with the 

 three geminate striae rather indistinct. Pygidium and under surface 

 of body black and flavo-pilose. Anterior tibiae strongly tridentate. 

 The first joint of anterior tarsi with the inner lobe prolonged, the 

 first joint of the posterior tarsi much shorter than the second. 



Length, 3 J lines. 



Hah. — Gayndah, Queensland. 



9. LlPARETRUS RUFIVENTRIS, Macl. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. New South Wales, Vol. II. p. 191. 



Head and thorax black, punctate and covered with long, reddish- 

 yellow, somewhat decumbent hair, the former with the clypeus of 

 the male acute and prominent at the angles and reflex ed along the 

 entire margin ; the latter with the median line distinct almost 

 throughout. Elytra of a rather dark red, nitid, sparingly pilose 

 and coarsely and irregularly punctate, with the geminate striae 

 distinct. Pygidium, under surface of body, and legs red and 

 cinereo-villose. Anterior tibiae tridentate, the teeth strong, acute, 

 and recurved, no enlargement of inner lobe of first joint of anterior 

 tarsi, the first joint of posterior much shorter than the second. 



Length, 3J lines. 



Hob. — G-ayndah, Queensland. 



10. Liparetrus nigrinus, Germ. 



Linn. Ent. III. p. 193 ; Burm. Handb. IV. p. 198. 



Black, subnitid, greyish-villose. Head rugosely punctate, the 

 clypeus of the male broad, truncate, rectangular, slightly reflexed; 

 of the female rounded. Antennae ferruginous, the club brown. 

 Thorax densely punctate and villose. Elytra of a somewhat 

 piceous-black, convex, deeply and thickly punctate, with a line 

 near the suture, and two slightly elevated lines on each side, the 

 outer one least distinct. Pygidium punctate and villose. Legs 

 black, tarsi reddish, the anterior tibiae tridentate, and the spine or 

 spur on their inner apex very short. The first joint of the 

 posterior tarsi shorter than the second. 



