834 MISCELLANEA ENTOMOLOGICA, NO. II. 



rest of the body and is finely and thinly punctate. Anterior tibise 

 tridentate, the first joint of the posterior tarsi shorter than the 

 second. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Hah. — Port Denison. 



52. LlPARETRUS PROPINQUUS, n. Sp. 



Like the preceding in form. Head and thorax black, nitid, 

 rather coarsely punctate, and clothed with dark-brown or black 

 villous hair. Elytra piceous-red, more finely punctate than L. 

 rubicundus. Body beneath black, cinereo-villose, the hair thin 

 on the propygidiurn and pygidium which are punctate and slightly 

 piceous. Legs piceous-red, anterior tibiae broadly tridentate, the 

 first joint of the posterior tarsi shorter than the second. 



Length, 2 1 - lines. 



Hob. — Port Denison. 



53. Liparetrus l^evis, Blanch. 



Cat. Coll. Ent. Mus. Paris, p. 104. 



Ovate, black, above nearly glabrous, beneath slightly cinereo- 

 villose ; head somewhat rugosely punctate, with three minute 

 tubercles on the forehead. Thorax black, subopaque, very minutely 

 punctate, the median line lightly marked, and the apex and sides 

 frilled with brownish hairs. Elytra testaceous, slightly sericeous, 

 minutely punctate and faintly striate, the suture slightly brownish. 

 Body and pygidium piceous-red, the propygidiurn nearly glabrous, 

 and minutely transversely punctate. Legs piceous-red, the anterior 

 tibiae lightly tridentate, the first joint of the posterior tarsi slightly 

 longer than the second. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Hab. — King George's Sound (Aust. Mus.). 



54. Liparetrus ebeninus, n. sp. 

 Like L. salebrosus. Entirely nitid-black. Head densely punc- 

 tate or granulate, the clypeus refiexed, broadly rounded at the 

 angles and very slightly emarginate in front. Thorax strongly 

 punctate, with dark hairs on the anterior portion and sides. Elytra 



