306 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



L^MOSACCUS VARIABILIS, n.sp. 



(J. Head, base of rostrum, prothorax (apex tinged with red), 

 scutelluru, p^^gidium, under surface and base of femora piceous- 

 brown or black; rest dull red, sides and base of elytra sometimes 

 tinged with piceous. Under surface and sides of prothorax 

 microscopically and very sparsely pubescent. 



Eyes moderately large, prominent, subapproximate. Rostrum 

 short, thick, curved, coarsely punctate, the two colours separated 

 by a raised and triangular emargination, base feebly grooved. 

 Antennae short, 1st joint of funicle thick, club almost as long as 

 funicle. Prothorax with an almost obsolete median and punctate 

 carina, each side of base with a distinct transverse impression, 

 and an almost invisible depression on each side of middle. 

 Scutellum small, elongate, depressed. Elytra noticeably wider 

 than prothorax, shoulders pi'oduced, oblique, apex feebly rounded; 

 suture depressed, more distinctly towards scutellum, interstices 

 narrow, strongly (for the genus) convex. Pygidium feebly 

 punctate. Basal segment of abdomen with a shallow but distinct 

 impression in its middle at suture with 2nd. Anterior legs 

 moderately long, femora edentate, claw joint very small, scarcely 

 extending beyond lobes of 3rd. Length 2, rostrum | (vix); 

 width |; range of variation 14-2| mm. 



9- Differs in having the prothorax (except for a piceous tinge 

 about the basal impressions) red, without carina, and with a dis- 

 tinct median line; rostrum longer, thinner, smooth, almost 

 entirely red, and much less densely punctate; abdomen narrower 

 and more convex, and anterior femora shorter. 



Hah. — Forest Reefs and Queanbeyan, N.8.W. 



The entire absence of pubescence on the upper surface, with 

 the colour of this species, and the peculiar rostrum of the male 

 (appearing fractured in the middle) should render this species 

 easy of identification, though the following one strongly resembles 

 it. 



L^MOSACCUS VENTRALIS, n.Sp. 



9. ? Dull red; head, scutellum, extreme base of pygidium, 

 meso- and metasternum (except their sides) piceous-black. 



