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36. LlPARETRUS OCCIDENTALS, n. sp. 



Like L. discipennis. Head and thorax black, opaque, minutely 

 punctate, and densely fusco-villose, the clypeus large, truncate and 

 rounded at the angles. Elytra slightly velvety, iridescent, of a 

 pale testaceous-red deeply margined all round with black. Body 

 beneath black, on the sterna densely cinereo-villose, on the abdomen 

 and pygidium very sparingly. Anterior legs red, the tibiae with 

 the terminal external tooth long and straight, the second a mere 

 inequality of the edge ; the hind tarsi are wanting. 



Length, 2£ lines. 



Hob. — King George's Sound. 



This may be regarded as the Western representative of L. disci- 

 jwnnis. 



37. LlPARETRUS ASSIMILIS, n. Sp. 



A single specimen of this species is all I have seen. It is in the 

 old Macleayan collection, labelled N". S. Wales, and W. S. Macleay's 

 cabinet name as above. It is very like L. discipennis, but smaller, 

 the villose hair on the upper surface more grey, the elytra less 

 velvety and of a pale testaceous hue, and with the base only 

 margined with black and that only narrowly, the other margins 

 narrowly reddish-brown. The body beneath dull dark red and 

 cinereo-villose, the pygiclium carinate. Only one visible tooth on 

 the outer extremity of the anterior tibiae ; the first joint of the 

 posterior tarsi a little longer than the second. 



Length, 2 lines. 



ifa&.— New South Wales. 



38. LlPARETRUS HOLOSERICEUS, n. Sp. 



Entirely black, glabrous above, cinereo-villose beneath. Head 

 and thorax velvety opaque, very minutely punctate. Elytra more 

 nitid, having a satiny gloss, the punctures small, and the geminate 

 striae distinct. The propygidium and pygidium are nitid, finely 

 punctate, and free from hair. The legs are piceous, the anterior 

 tibiae tridentate the teeth strong and flat, the terminal one curved 

 outwards. The first joint of the posterior tarsi is scarcely longer 

 than the second. 



