BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 845 



minutely punctate, the three geminate striae rather indistinct. 

 Pygidium large, minutely punctate, glabrous and carinate in the 

 middle. Anterior tibiae very largely tridentate, the two first 

 joints of the posterior tarsi equal. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Hab. — Interior South Australia. 



Three specimens of this very peculiar species are all I have seen, 

 and these are in a very imperfect condition. 



81. Liparetrus Kennedyi, n. sp. 



Ovate, cinereo-villose, the hairs thinner and shorter above than 

 beneath. Head black, minutely punctate, deeply sunk in the 

 thorax, the clypeus emarginate in crescent shape with the angles 

 obtuse. Thorax black, subnitid, slightly impressed on the median 

 line behind the middle, and punctate, the punctures of different 

 sizes. Elytra red, nitid, and punctate, the punctures large and rather 

 thinly distributed except those of the geminate striae. Abdomen 

 black and finely punctate. Legs piceous-red, the anterior tibiae 

 strongly tridentate, the first joint of the posterior tarsi a little 

 shorter than the second. 



Length, 5 lines. 



Hab. — Cooper's Creek. 



The only specimen of this insect I have seen is in the collection 

 of the Australian Museum labelled " Kennedy's Expedition," and 

 no doubt was got by that distinguished Australian Explorer on his 

 Expedition to the Victoria River or Cooper's Creek in the year 

 1846. 



SECTION II. 



Antennae 8-jointed. 



The insects of this section are, as a rule, readily recognisable. 

 They are small, generally of a more elongate form, and flatter on 

 the elytra than those of Section I, are for the most part clothed 

 with a dense pubescence, and are altogether of so distinct a character 

 as to justify placing them in another genus. There are, however,. 



