848 MISCELLANEA ENTOMOLOGICA, NO. II. 



86. Liparetrus depressus, Blanch. 



Cat. Col. Mus. Paris, p. 105. 



Black, depressed, entirely clothed with reddish hair. Head 

 black, densely clothed with red hair, the clypeus as in L. basalis, 

 but with the oblique sides of the apex a little emarginate. Thorax 

 black, densely hirsute. Elytra brownish-red, nitid, covered with 

 a short pile, and rugosely punctate, with two slightly elevated 

 lines. Body beneath and pygidium black and fulvo-villose. Legs 

 piceous, the anterior tibiae strongly tridentate, the teeth occupying 

 the whole length of the joint, the first joint of the posterior tarsi 

 less than half the length of the second. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Sab. — New South Wales. 



87. Liparetrus poverus, Blanch. 



Cat. Col. Mus. Paris, p. 105. 



Like the last species, but a little longer and entirely black. 

 The fulvous hair on the head and thorax is less dense and that on 

 the elytra is longer. The anterior tibise are bidentate externally 

 at the apex ; the first joint of the posterior tarsi very much shorter 

 than the second. 



Length, 3£ lines. 



Hab. — New South Wales. 



88. Liparetrus valgoides, Blanch. 

 Cat. Col. Mus. Paris, p. 105. 



Flat, black, with elytra and abdomen reddish, entirely cinereo- 

 pilose. Head densely hairy, the clypeus as in the preceding. 

 Thorax rugosely punctate, rather densely hairy, scutellum white. 

 Elytra red, strongly punctate, clothed with a short, rigid pale pile. 

 Legs red, anterior tibiaa bidentate. Abdomen red, clothed with 

 white setiform scales. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Hab. — New South Wales. 



