850 MISCELLANEA ENTOMOLOGICA, NO. II. 



92. LlPARETRUS Cookii, n. sp. 



Oblong-ovate, piceous, subnitid, entirely covered with semi-erect 

 pale fulvous hairs above and cinereous hairs on the abdomen. 

 Head punctate, clypeus short, the angles truncately rounded. 

 Thorax punctate, not much broader than the length. Elytra dark 

 chesnut, densely and rugosely punctate with a few indistinctly 

 raised striae, the hair as dense but shorter than on the thorax 

 Propygidium and pygidium densely hairy, and punctate. Legs red, 

 the anterior tibia? strongly bidentate, with a tooth-like notch above 

 the middle. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Hab. — Endeavour River. 



93. LlPARETRUS hispidus, n. sp. 



Like L. poverus, ovate, piceous, subnitid, rugosely punctate, very 

 densely clothed above with long erect reddish hair. Clypeus broad, 

 reflexed in front and subtruncate at the angles. Thorax and 

 scutellum very densely covered with red hair. Elytra very 

 rugosely punctate and finely granulose, all disposed in many very 

 slightly marked striae. The under surface of the body less densely 

 villose than the upper, the hair on the propygidium very long. 

 Anterior tibia? bidentate, a tooth-like notch near the base. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Hab. — New South Wales. 



94. LlPARETRUS BURMEISTERI, II. sp. 



Oblong, ovate, black, nitid, nigro-villose above, cinereo-villose 

 beneath. Head thinly punctate, pointed in front of the eyes, the 

 clypeus in the male rectangular in front and obliquely sub- 

 emarginate on each side. Thorax as long as broad, finely 

 punctate. Elytra dark red, and coarsely and rugosely punctate, 

 with one or two slightly raised lines. Pygidium and propygidium 

 rugosely punctate and rather densely villose. Legs piceous, the 

 anterior tibia? bidentate, with a tooth-like notch near the base. 



Length, 2J lines. 



Hab. — Illawarra. 





