BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 843 



75. Liparetrus nudipennis, Germ. 

 Linn. Ent. III. p 194. 



Broadly ovate, black, opaque. Head minutely rugose-punctate, 

 the clypeus short, broad, reflexed, and rounded. The thorax 

 densely covered with small greyish scales, and with villose hairs 

 on the sides and apex. Elytra glabrous, short, broad, irregularly 

 striate-punctate, and with three geminate striae. Body beneath 

 cinereo- villose, the segments of the abdomen with whitish 

 pubescence, and the propygidium and pygidium densely cinereo- 

 squamose. Legs piceous, the anterior tibiae strongly bidentate, 

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



Length, 2£ lines. 



Bab. — South Australia. 



76. Liparetrus squamiger, n. sp. 



Of rather more elongate form than the last species. Head 

 black, minutely granulate, the clypeus in the male with the angles 

 obliquely truncate. Thorax black and very densely covered with 

 brownish-grey scales. Elytra dark red, blackish at the base, 

 nitid, short, rounded and finely ciliated towards the apex and 

 finely punctate, with three geminate striae. Abdomen and 

 pygidium covered with minute scales and a thin pubescence. Legs 

 piceous, the anterior tibiae lightly tridentate, the first joint of the 

 posterior tarsi much longer than the second. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Bab. — South Australia. 



77. LIPA.RETRUS SUBSQUAMOSUS, n. sp. 



Black, with the elytra and legs piceous. Head and thorax 

 finely punctate, the clypeus broadly rounded and reflexed at the 

 apex. Elytra subnitid, the puncturation and geminate striae 

 distinct. The propygidium quite exposed, that and the pygidium 

 densely covered with minute greyish scales. Legs reddish - 

 piceous, the anterior tibiae tridentate, the spur on the inner apex 

 long, slender, and slightly curved. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Bab. — Port Darwin. 



