214 A LIST OF THE CUCUJID^ OF AUSTRALIA, 



feeljly sinuate just before tlie posterior angles. Scutellum trans- 

 verse, pointed behind. Elytra about one and a half times as long 

 as the head and prothorax together, finely and rather closely 

 striate-punctate, the first and fourth striae rather more deeply 

 impressed ; humeral angles very slightly produced : each elytron 

 with a pitchy black basal spot which is continued along the suture 

 and an irregular fascia behind the middle extending from the 

 suture (where it is narrowest) to the lateral margin. Legs 

 reddish testaceous. J^ength 2-2A^ mm. 



Wide Bay, Queensland ; Mundarlo, Tarcutta, Merimbula, 

 Monaro, New South Wales. 



Appears to be more nearly allied to Licinophloeus tasmanicus 

 than to any other species. 



18. LyEMOPHL(EUS CONTAMINATUS. (A.M.) 



Lcemophheus contaminatiis, G-rouvelle, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5), 

 VIL, p. 219, (1877) ; Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5), VUL, p. 265, 

 pi. 8, fig. 7, (1878.) 



Wide Bay, Queensland. 



The specimens of this species in the collection of the Australian 

 Museum agree in every respect with Grouvelle's figure except that 

 in the males, the head appears to be slightly broader. In some 

 specimens the head and prothorax are black, and in others reddish 

 castaneous. 



19. L^MOPIILCEUS CONTERMINUS, sp. n. (A.M.) 



Elongate, somewhat depressed, reddish testaceous, shining, veiy 

 finely and moderately closely pubescent ; prothorax very slightly 

 broader in front than behind, the lateral stria distinct ; elytra with 

 four strife on each side, the suture dusky. 



Head transverse, narrowed and slightly emarginate in front, 

 rather finely and closely punctured ; clypens small, rounded in 

 front; mandil)les not very piomineut. Antennas considerably 



