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12. Platisus ANGUSTICOLLIS. 



Platisus angusticollis, Reitter, Verb. z-b. Wien, XXVIII., 



p. 189, (1878.) 

 Platisus ohsGurus, Lacordaire, Gen. Col., II., p. 403, pi. 21, fig. 1, 

 (1854.) 

 Australia ; Tasmania. 



13. L^MOPHLCEUS AMABILI6. Sp. H. (A.M.) 



Elongate, depressed, pale testaceous, shining ; prothorax short, 

 considerably narrowed behind, with a distinct lateral stria ; elytra 

 broader than the prothorax in front, with a rather large black spot 

 at the humeral angles and a conspicuous fascia of the same colour 

 just behind the middle. 



Head transverse, slightly emarginate in front, finely and moder- 

 ately closely punctured, and provided on each side with a feeble 

 oblique impression just befoi'e the base of the antennae and a finely 

 raised line extending from near the origin of this impression to just 

 before the base ; clypeus rather large, feebly emarginate in front ; 

 mandibles very strongand prominent, sparingly punctured. Antennse 

 only slightly longer than the head and prothorax together. Pro- 

 thorax transverse, much broader in front than behind, finely and 

 closely punctured ; the anterior angles produced ; the sides regu- 

 larly rounded ; the posterior angles slightly reflexed ; the lateral 

 line rather strongly impressed in the middle. Scutellum transverse, 

 pointed behind, very sparingly punctured. Elytra about one and 

 a half times as long as the head and prothorax together, slightly 

 narrowed behind, indistinctly and not very closely punctate — 

 striate, the first and fitth striae more deeply impressed ; humeral 

 angles veiy slightly produced ; each elytron with the fascia rather 

 broad and extending from just beyond the sutural stria to the lateral 

 margin. Legs pale testaceous. Length 2 — 2^ mm. 



Wide Bay, Queensland ; Lane Cove, Sydney, Port Hacking, 

 New South Wales. 



The male of this species has the head somewhat broader and the 

 antennse slightly longer than the other sex. 



