BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 293 



Lepispilus stygianus, Pasc; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 3944. 



Mr. Champion (Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 393) doubts the value 

 of this species. I am convinced that it is a good one, as I have 

 a specimen from Mt. Kosciusko which agrees very well with Mr. 

 Pascoe's description, and which is certainly not sulcicollis. My 

 specimen is a male and has faint traces of elytral strias. From 

 several males of sulcicollis in my possession it differs in having 

 the head broader, the upper part of the ej^es distinctly transverse 

 and more coarsely granulate; the prothorax is larger and more 

 convex, with the margins deflexed, a much more distinct impression 

 on each side at base; elytral epipleurae larger, except at base, 

 where they are smaller; prosternal keel broader, its apex narrower 

 and parallel; intercoxal process depressed and margined; 4th 

 abdominal segment smaller, with the 5th broader; and there are 

 other but less noticeable differences. The entire absence of 

 pubescence is natural, and not due to abrasion. The species is 

 evidently very rare, and my specimen is the only one I have seen. 



Apasis puncticeps, n.sp. 



(J. Elongate, slightly convex, shining. Black, with a faint 

 coppery reflection, tarsi and palpi piceous. Prothorax with a few 

 scattered reddish hairs (not always present); inner apical half of 

 tibiie and the tarsi with dense short brownish pubescence; antennae 

 feebly pubescent. Head distinctly and densely punctate, 

 densest on labrum, on clypeus some stronger punctures; prothorax 

 densely and very minutely punctate, elytral interstices with 

 occasional punctures, flanks of prosternum and femora obsoletely 

 punctate. 



Head with a lai'ge irregular transver.se impression in the middle, 

 antennae reaching intermediate femora, slightly thickening 

 towards apex. Prothorax transverse, the sides and base very 

 slightly reflexed, a feeble depression at the posterior angles; base 

 truncate, apex almost so. Scutellum slightly raised, transverse, 

 triangular. Elytra about once and one-half as long as head 

 and prothorax combined, and not much broader than prothorax. 



