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longer than the head and prothorax together. Prothorax much 

 broader than long, very slightly narrowed behind, finely and 

 closely punctui-ed ; the anterior angles somewhat produced ; the 

 sides arcuately rounded ; the posterior angles obtuse. Scutellum 

 transverse, sparingly punctured, pointed behind. Elytra about 

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

 striate, the iuterstices finely and rather closely punctured and 

 distinctly pubescent ; the humeral angles scarcely prominent. Legs 

 pale reddish testaceous. Length 2 mm. 



Wide Bay, Queensland ; Kiama, New South Wales. 



This species approaches very nearly to L. contamlnatus ; it 

 differs, however, in its smaller size, narrower head and prothorax, 

 and in the different form and position of the elytral strise ; in 

 L. contermimcs there is a distinct sutural stria and the punctures 

 in the interstices are arranged in two tolerably x-egular series ; 

 whereas in the other species the sutural stria is very indistinct and 

 the punctures less regular ; the form of the prothorax, whish is 

 but very slightly narrowed behind, and the concolorous upper 

 surface will also sufiiciently distinguish it. 



20. L.EMOPHLCEUS TESTACEUS. (A.M.) 



Cucvjus testaceus, Fabricius Mant, Ins., I., p. 166, (1787.) 



Lcemo2)hlceus tesiaceus, Sturm, Ins., XXL, p. 46, pi. 383, fig. A. 



LcBmophloeus Zimmermanni, Le Conte, Proc. Ac. Phil., 1854, p. 75. 



Upper Hunter, Blackheath, Lane Cove, Sydney, Wagga Wagga, 

 Mundarlo, Tarcutta, New South Wales ; Tasmania. 



A considerable number of specimens of this almost cosmopolitan 

 insect have come under my notice. It is often found about out- 

 houses and granaries, but abounds more particularly under the 

 bark of newly -felled timber, in which situation I have recently 

 captured it at Blackheath, some 3,500 miles above the sea level. 



