BY ARTHUR M. LEA 309 



The short antennse inserted so close to the eyes as to leave no 

 visible space between them, the strongly bent scape, the unusually 

 large 1st joint of funicle, and the distinct median groove on the 

 prothorax render this species — despite the variable colour of 

 the females — perhaps the most distinct of anj'^ in the genus. 

 Reseml)ling variabilis at first sight, the straight rostrum alone 

 would distinguish it ; the preceding ■ species (which it resembles 

 in miniature) has the antennae inserted about the basal thix'd. 



L/EMOSACCUS RUFIPES, n.Sp. 



^. Black; rostrum, antennas and legs red. Pygidium feebly 

 squamose at base. 



Eyes moderately separated. Rostrum short, straight, shining, 

 cylindrical, finely punctate. Antennae inserted moderately close 

 to eyes; scape short, curved, not twice the length of 1st joint of 

 funicle; club very small. Prothorax rounded, a feeble impression 

 at apex, continued but very feebly to near base, base with a sub- 

 elliptic impression on each side. Scutellum small, triangular, 

 scarcely in a depression. Elytra parallel-sided, about once and one- 

 half as long as wide, interstices narrow, convex, scarcely granu- 

 late. Pygidium not carinate. Anterior femora with a small but 

 rather distinct tooth, claw joint very small. Length 2^, rostrum 

 ^ (vix); width 4 mm. 



ffab.—Hydnej, Galston, N.S.W. 



An elongate parallel-sided species, somewhat resembling insta- 

 bilis, but without a distinct median prothoraeic line, and the 

 antennae not inserted at extreme base of rostrum though closer 

 to it than usual. I have two specimens, both females. 



L.EMOSACCUS GiBBOsus, Pasc; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5326.. 



This species was described from a male specimen; the female 

 was described as L. magdaloides by the same author. I think it 

 probal)le that the sexes of other species have received separate 

 names. Of the above I have a pair taken in cop. The rostrum 

 and colours of the legs are often subject to sexual variation; in 



