EY ARTHUR M. LEA, F.E.S. 



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middle of the apex scarcely i)ilobed. The head is much 

 sm.aller, the labrum apparently always notched, and the 

 surface immediately behind the labrum raised into a sub- 

 conical but obtuse tubercle. The mandibles are of the 

 usual female type. 



The species was recorded by Westwood from Xew 

 Holland, and as possibly from Xew Zealand, but is prob- 

 ably confined to Tasmania. The specimens before 

 me are from Long Bay, Three Hut Point, and ]\Iount 

 Wellington. 



LISSOTES FORCIPULA, Westw. (Figs. 27, 28, 29, 

 30. 3 J-) 



Ten males, all from about Hobart, appear to belong 

 to this species; they vary in length from 9^ to 12^ mm 

 (i). The teeth of the front tibi^ vary in number from 

 three to five, and are usually four (on the type there were 

 five). The mandibles usually sweep round as in the 

 original figure, but the tips are not exactly alike on any 

 two specimens. On some very small ones the enclosed 

 space is considerably smaller in proportion than on the 

 larger ones. Westwood makes no mention of clothing, 

 but on the figure the sides are drawn as setose. On all 

 the specimens before me each elytron has fairly long hairs 

 in five rows, and with some much shorter hairs, also in 

 rows; but they appear to be all rather easily abraded, and 

 the linear arrangement i^ not at once apparent. 



Two other males (Fig. 31) differ from the more 

 typical specimens in having the mandibles terminated by- 

 two simple cusps, with the inner apical portion narrow 

 and simple. 



LISSOTES SUBCREXATUS, Westw. 



Only the female of this species was described by W^est- 

 wood, and until the male has been described after a care- 

 ful comparison with the type itself, it seems very undesir- 

 able to identify any species as subcrenatus. It is to be 



(I) The type was described as six lines in length, but the 

 indicator at the side of the figure is nearly seven lines. 



