BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 835 



short, convex, sharply punctate, one sfria near the suture more 

 distinct than the others. The body beneath is cinereo-villose, the 

 hair less thick on the propygidium and pygidium which are finely 

 punctate. The anterior tibiae are lightly tridentate, the first joint 

 of the posterior tarsi a little longer than the second. 



Length, 2£ lines. 



Hab. — King George's Sound. 



c. Upper surface entirely glabrous. 



55. LlPARETRUS RUBEFACTUS, n. Sp. 



Entirely glabrous above, moderately cinereo-villose beneath. 

 Head black, densely and minutely punctate, the clypeus large and 

 rounded, the suture almost straight, in the male subtruncate at the 

 apex. Thorax black, subnitid, rather thinly punctate, median 

 line marked. Elytra red, nitid, rather regularly punctate, with 

 the three geminate striae distinct. Body beneath black, abdomen 

 red, the pygidium glabrous and carinate in the middle. Legs 

 piceous-red, anterior tibiae subtridentate. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Hab. — West Australia. 



56. LlPARETRUS ATRICEPS, Mad. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. New South Wales, Vol. I. p. 128. 



Head black, densely punctate, the clypeus broadly rounded and 



margined. Thorax piceous-red sometimes almost black, nitid, 



and finely punctate, with the median line distinct and the lateral 



margins fringed with long hair. Elytra pale red, nitid, and finely 



punctate, with three geminate striae distinctly visible on each. 



The whole under surface is piceous-red, clothed with ashen hair, 



the pygidium is pale red, nitid, minutely punctate and glabrous 



except at the apex where there are some long flaxen hairs. The 



legs are red, the anterior tibiae of the males almost obsoletely 



tridentate, the first joint of the posterior tarsi almost as long as 



the second. 



Length, 3| lines. 



Hab. — Port Denison, Gayndah, &c. 

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