BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 849 



89. Liparetrus unicolor, Masters. 



L. concolor, Macl., Trans. Ent. Soc. New South Wales, Vol. I. 

 p. 129. 



Elongate oval, entirely of a reddish-chesnut colour, excepting 

 the head which is of a darker hue, and clothed more or less thickly 

 all over with short decumbent cinereous pubescence. The elytra 

 are very short and rugosely punctate, the propygidium very large, 

 the anterior tibiae tridentate, the posterior tarsi with the second 

 joint very long. 



Length, 2\ lines. 



Rob. — Queensland. 



90. Liparetrus humilis, Blanch. 

 Cat. Col. Mus. Paris, p. 103. 



Like L, vaigoides y but of narrower form and entirely black or 

 piceous. Head rugose, scarcely pilose, the clypeus slightly reflexed. 

 Thorax punctate, thinly cinereo-pubescent, scutellum white. Elytra 

 short, slightly attenuated behind, rugosely punctate and thinly 

 cinereo-pubescent. Body and pygidium rather densely cinereo- 

 pubescent. Legs piceous, anterior tibiae bidentate. 



Length, 2^ lines. 



Sab. — New South Wales. 



This T believe to be the Macrothops Lottinii, Dupont. 



91. Liparetrus pygm^eus, Burm. 

 Handb. der Ent. IV. p. 199. 



Ovate, flat, black, nitid, strongly and sharply punctate, and 

 clothed rather thinly with short stiff hairs. The clypeus is nearly 

 as long as broad, rounded in front, and very slightly reflexed at the 

 apex. The thorax is nearly as long as broad, and without median 

 impression. Elytra irregularly striate-punctate. Body beneath 

 thinly villose, the abdomen with a reddish tinge and sharply punc- 

 tate. Legs piceous-black, the anterior tibia? externally bidentate 

 at the apex and with a tooth-like notch near the base. 



Length, 1^- lines. 



Hab.—K. G. Sound. 



