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This appears to be an extremely anomalous genus ; it would appear 

 that it cannot be satisfactorily placed in any of Lacordaire's groups ; the 

 structure of the cox?e would cause it to be referred to the first division 

 of the Tenebrionidiz in his arrangement ; but the structure of the tarsi is 

 nearer to that of Liena and Adelium. I sent specimens to Mr. Bates, 

 who returned them as unknown to him, and doubted their being 

 TenebrionidcE ; of this, however, an examination leaves me no doubt. 



680. L. priscUS, Sharp; Ent. Mon. Mag., September, 1876. Sat 

 depressus, elongatus, nudus, ferrugineus vel piceus, crebre sat fortiter 

 punctatus; thorace oiytn's, multo angustiore, sub-quadrato, antice truncato. 



Long. Corp., 4-5 mm. 



Antennce reddish, shorter than head and thorax, rather stout ; first 

 joint short and stout, its insertion not visible from above ; fourth rather 

 longer than broad ; fifth to eighth each with the breadth differing but 

 little from the length ; ninth and tenth distinctly thickened and rather 

 transverse; eleventh rather large, even a little broader than tenth. 

 Head narrower than the thorax, and not immersed in it up to the eyes, 

 it is closely and moderately coarsely punctured, and the sides are a little 

 thickened over the insertion of the antennae. Thorax about as long as 

 broad, distinctly narrowed towards the base, the front angles not pro- 

 minent, and about right angles, the hind angles minutely prominent, 

 the base not in the least lobed in the middle, its punctation like that of 

 the head. Scutellum rather short and broad, not punctured. Elytra 

 evenly covered with rather coarse and close punctures, the punctures 

 distinct at the apex, but not so coarse there as elsewhere. 



I have received this species both from Captain Broun and Mr. 

 Lawson, and believe it to be common in the North Island ; several 

 individuals of it were included in a lot of beetles sent home by Captain 

 Broun as found on one of the tree-ferns, Cyathea dealbata. 



681. L. pubescens, «.^. ^/i?/;^^/^, sub-depressed, shining, piceo- 

 fuscous, pubescent, antennaj ferruginous, legs testaceo-fuscous. The head 

 is rather short and broad, finely punctate, with somewhat prominent eyes. 

 Thorax transverse, apex emarginated, base sub-truncate ; the sides have 

 reflexed margins, and are rounded and narrowed towards the base, the 

 posterior angles are distinct but not acutely produced ; the disc is 

 rather convex and finely punctured ; there are two not very distinct 

 rounded impressions near the base, and between them an elongate 

 depression scarcely so obvious as these two fovese. Elytra oblong, the 

 sides almost parallel yet a little rounded, they are finely margined, and 

 covered with shallow punctures, which, however, are larger than those 

 on the head and thorax, and there is a distinct, elongate, sutural depres- 

 sion near the scutellum. The tibia' are rather short, externally arcuated, 

 and somewhat dilated beyond the middle, and terminate in a minute 

 spine. The body is finely pubescent. The second antennal joint is 

 shorter, and the third longer, than in L. prisciis. 



This species may be easily recognized by its short, apically incurved 

 thorax, and comparatively broad form ; it is not at all coarsely punc- 

 tured. 



