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beneath. The head is densely punctate, the suture of the clypeus 

 deeply impressed and arcuate. Thorax broader than the length, 

 rounded on the sides and considerably narrowed at the base and 

 apex. Elytra obsoletely striate-punctate. Propygidium very 

 large, convex, rather thinly villose and minutely punctate. An- 

 terior tibise faintly bidentate, posterior tarsi with the first joint 

 one half longer than the second. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Hab. — New South Wales, and South Australia. 



This is the oldest known species of the genus, and is found 

 abundantly over a large portion of Australia. About Sydney it 

 is one of the earliest harbingers of spring, making its appearance 

 on sunny days as early as the last week in July. 



32. LlPARETRUS DISCOIDALIS, Macl. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. New South Wales, Vol. I. p. 129. 



Very like L. discipennis, but differs in being smaller, in the 

 suture of the clypeus being less impressed and straighter, in the hair 

 on the upper surface being whitish, in the discal orange patch on the 

 elytra being smaller and more basal, in having a large fringe of 

 white cilia at the base of the propygidium or penultimate segment 

 of the abdomen, in the reddish hue of the pygidium, and in the 

 first joint of the posterior tarsi being only a very little longer 

 than the second. 



Length, 2^ lines. 



Hab. — Port Denison, Cape York. 



33. Liparetrus albohirtus, Masters. 



L. basalis Macl. (not Blanch.), Trans. Ent. Soc. New South 

 Wales, Vol. I. p. 130. 



Black, covered all over with long, erect, flexible hairs of a light 

 ash colour. Head and thorax punctate, opaque and velvety, the 

 clypeus reflexed at the sides and apex, the latter somewhat 

 truncate with rounded angles. The elytra are obsoletely striate- 

 punctate, testaceous-red and velvety, with the basal margin black. 

 The propygidium is very large and of a dull red colour. The legs 



