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78. LlPARETRTJS ROTUNDIFORMIS, 11. Sp. 



Ovate, black, nitid, and glabrous above excepting a frill of hair 

 on the apex and sides of the thorax. Head and thorax finely 

 granulose, the clypeus large and rounded, the median line of the 

 thorax well marked. Elytra distinctly punctate, with three 

 geminate striae. Body beneath rather thinly villose, pygidium 

 and propygidium ' covered with minute whitish scales. Legs 

 piceous, the anterior tibiae tridentate but not strongly, the first 

 and second joints of the posterior tarsi about equal. 



Length, 1| lines. 



Sab. — King George's Sound. 



Sub-section IV. 

 Clypeus emarginate. 



79. LlPARETRUS ABNORMALIS, n. Sp. 



Glabrous above, cinereo-villose beneath. Head black, densely 

 and minutely punctate, the clypeus triangularly emarginate, the 

 angles rounded. Thorax black, very minutely and rather thinly 

 punctate, obtusely angled and a little impressed in the middle 

 , of the base. Elytra ferruginous-red, nitid, and lightly punctate, 

 with three geminate striae with similar punctures. Under surface 

 black or piceous, the segments of the abdomen clothed with 

 decumbent whitish hair, the pygidium and penultimate segment large, 

 exposed, glabrous, and of a dull red. Legs piceous-red, anterior 

 tibiae tridentate but not strongly, interior spur moderate, the first 

 and second joints of the posterior tarsi equal. 



The form of the clypeus is the peculiar feature of the species. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Sab. — South Australia. 



80. LlPARETRUS SIMILLIMUS, n. sp. 



This somewhat resembles the last-mentioned species in the 

 emarginate clypeus, but the emargination is rather deeper, more 

 rounded in the middle and the angles more pointed. The colour is 

 entirely of a pale subnitid glabrous chesnut, the thorax most 

 minutely punctate, transverse and rounded behind. Elytra 



