704 A LIST OF THE TROGOSITID^ OF AUSTRALIA, 



As ill the case of Leperiaa opatroldes the ground colour of the 

 elytra in this species varies from a pale grey to a rich rust colour^ 

 An example from Gunning has the prothorax a little broader and 

 the markings larger than the other specimens. 



8. Leperina opatroides, (A. M.) 



Leperina opatroides Leveille, Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) I., p. 637 

 (1884). 



Cape York, Somerset, North Australia. 



If I have correctly identified this species, which M. Leveille 

 records from Yule Island and New Guinea, as well as from the 

 above localities, the scales on the elytra composing the ground 

 colour vary in tint. In some specimens they are pale grey and in 

 others a rich brown. 



9. Leperina conspicua, sp. n. (A. M.) 



Oblong, slightly narrower in front than behind, dark piceous, 

 covered with black scales ; prothorax about twice as broad as 

 long, with three irregular patches of white scales on the disc, the 

 sides thickly covered with broad white scales ; elytra crenate- 

 striate, the interstices rather broad, with elongate patches of 

 white scales on the disc and at the margins behind the middle, 

 a narrow fascia of white scales near the apex. 



Head moderately closely covered with black scales, with which a 

 few reddish brown ones are intermingled. Antennae reddish 

 brown, the club three jointed. Protliorax deeply emarginate in 

 front, the sides rounded and very slightly constricted at the base, 

 with three oblique patches of white scales on the disc, two just 

 before the middle and one somewhat smaller and narrower just 

 before the base, the lateral margins rather broadly banded with 

 white scales, Scutellum transverse, rounded behind, black. Elytra 

 rather more than twice as long as the head and prothorax 

 together, slightly narrower in front than behind, finely orenate- 

 striate, the interstices rather broad, the disc ornamented with 

 elongate patches of white scales which are contained within the 

 interstices, a small white spot near the humeral angle, a narrow 



