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27. LlPARETRUS BITUBERCULATUS, n. Sp. 



Ovate, sub-opaque. Head black, thinly villose, and densely punc- 

 tate, with two minute rounded tubercles in the centre of the 

 forehead, the suture of the clypeus much arched in the middle, and 

 the apex tridentate. Thorax black, very minutely punctate, free 

 from hair except at the sides. Elytra of a slightly sericeous 

 ferruginous-red, rather indistinctly punctate and geminate-striate, 

 and more or less deeply tinged with black at the base and margins. 

 Body beneath black, sparingly cinereo-villose, the propygidium 

 exposed, and with the pygidium of an obscure black or very dark 

 red colour. Legs piceous, the anterior tibiae tridentate, first joint 

 of posterior tarsi longer than the second. 



Length, 2 J lines. 



Hah. — South Australia. 



28. LlPARETRUS ACUTIDENS, n. Sp. 



Ovate, fulvo- villose on head and thorax, cinereo-villose beneath. 

 Head black, punctate, the clypeus terminating in three acute 

 reftexed teeth. Thorax of a velvety opaque-black, with the median- 

 line shortly impressed near the base. Elytra of an iridescent 

 yellow, nitid, very finely punctate, with three geminate striae of 

 rather coarser punctures. Abdomen black, punctate, propygidium 

 half-covered by the elytra. Legs piceous, the anterior reddish, 

 the anterior tibiae tridentate, the first joint of the posterior tarsi 

 almost twice the length of the second. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Hab. —Wide Bay. 



One specimen (Australian Museum). This species might, at first 

 sight, be taken for a small specimen of D. tridentatus ; it differs, 

 however, as the description will show, very widely. 



29. LlPARETRUS PARVIDENS, n. Sp. 



Oblong-oval. Head black, finely and rugosely punctate, fulvo- 

 villose, the clypeus large, renexed, and slightly bisinuate at the 

 apex, showing the slightest possible tridentation. Thorax black 



