840 MISCELLANEA ENTOMOLOGICA, NO. II. 



67. LlPARETRUS ROTUNDIPENNIS, n. Sp. 



Shortly ovate, convex, black, sub-opaque, sub-iridescent, glabrous 

 above, cinereo-villose beneath. Head very minutely punctate, 

 with two very minute tubercles on the forehead, the clypeus 

 broadly rounded and reflexed. Thorax opaque, very transverse. 

 Elytra piceous and sub-opaque, the puncturation and geminate 

 stride faint. Propygidium and pygidium large, very minutely 

 punctate and very thinly villose. Legs piceous, anterior tibiae 

 bidentate, the first joint of the posterior tarsi longer than the 

 second. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Sab. — South Australia. 



68. LlPARETRUS CONVEXIOR, n. sp. 



Except in its greater size, this species is in most respects almost 

 identical with the last. The thorax is less opaque and more 

 punctate, the elytra are more obsoletely punctate, the body and 

 pygidium have a piceous hue, the anterior tibia? are tridentate, and 

 the first joint of the posterior tarsi is twice the length of the 

 second. 



Length, Ih lines. 



Hah. — South Australia. 



69. Liparetrus picipennis, Germ. 



Linn. Ent. III. p. 194. 



Broadly ovate, flattish, black, sub-opaque, glabrous above, cinereo- 

 villose beneath. Head minutely punctate, impressed in bhe middle 

 at the clypeal suture, the clypeus broadly margined and rounded. 

 Thorax sub-sericeous, minutely punctate, the median line distinct, 

 and a frill of hairs on the lateral margins. Elytra piceous, broad, 

 becoming rather broader at the apex, completely covering the 

 penultimate segment of the abdomen, and punctate, with three 

 geminate striaa. Body beneath and pygidium piceous-black, 

 punctate and thinly villose. Anterior tibia? tridentate, the first 

 joint of the posterior tarsi shorter than the second. 



Length, 3 lines. 



