BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 839 



tibiae tridentate, the first joint of the posterior tarsi longer than 

 the second. 



Length, 2£ lines. 



Hab. — New South Wales. 



65. LlPARETRUS NIGRICEPS, 11. Sp. 



Broadly ovate, glabrous above, cinereo-villose beneath. Head 

 black, sharply and finely punctate, and longitudinally impressed 

 in the middle in front, the clypeus large, reflexed and rounded on 

 the angles, and a minute keel in the middle of the base. Thorax 

 of a dull dark red, very minutely punctate. Elytra of a paler 

 red and with a slight iridescence, minutely punctate, with the 

 geminate striae very faint. The body beneath is blackish, the 

 propygidium and pygidium of a dull dark red, with a few setiform 

 scales. The legs are piceous-red, the anterior tibiae tridentate, the 

 first joint of the posterior tarsi slightly longer than the second. 



Length, 3^- lines. 



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



66. LlPARETRUS OPACICOLLIS, n. Sp. 



Oblong-oval, glabrous above, cinereo-villose beneath. Head 

 black, densely and minutely punctate, with two very small rounded 

 tuberosities in front at the clypeal suture, the suture itself is but 

 slightly sinuate and the clypeus is broad, reflexed, rounded at the 

 angles and coarsely punctate. The thorax is very minutely and 

 densely punctate and of an opaque black. Elytra testaceous, sub- 

 nitid, slightly iridescent, and^minutely punctate, with the three 

 geminate strise rather faintly marked, and the base, suture and 

 sides faintly margined with brown. Abdomen black, the segments 

 with decumbent hair on the apex, the pygidium and propygidium 

 black; large and thinly clothed with short whitish setiform scales. 

 Legs piceous-red, anterior tibiae tridentate, anterior tarsi thick, 

 the joints clavate, the first joint of the posterior tarsi much longer 

 than the second. 



Length, 4 lines. 



Hab. — King George's Sound. 



Described from specimens in the Australian Museum. 



