196 Arthur M. Lea: 
The rostrum varies from being entirely of a dingy red to almost entirely black, 
but is sometimes half red and half black, the two colours being rather elearly limited. 
The prothorax is usually black except at the apex, but a specimen in M. Oarters 
celleetion has a feebly defined and irregular reddish fascia near its base. The elytra 
are usually of a dingy brown more or less diluted with red, but in the Berlin Museum 
specimen are black, except that the sides and apex are narrowly diluted with red; 
in the Macleay Museum specimen (the only male before me) they are reddish with 
apparently remnants of three blackish fasciae — one at basal third, extending half- 
way to suture, one at middle extending slightly nearer to suture, and one near apex 
almost touching suture. On several other specimens these remnants of fasciae appear 
to be present but very feebly defined. The black parts of the legs vary in extent, 
but the knees and tarsi are always reddish, as are also the antennae. On the elytra 
in well preserved specimens the white pubescence (which, however, is sometimes 
slightly ochreous) forms a large basel patch interrupted by the shoulders, at the 
basal third suddenly extends in the form of a narrow fascia to the sides, then is 
narrowly continued along the suture, and again (slightly beyond the middle) suddenly 
extends in the form of a narrow fascia to the sides and terminates. The white 
pubescence is usually covered with a dense whitish meal, rendering it all the more 
conspicuous; but the meal becomes lost in fluids, so that on speeimens collected in 
spirits or at all abraded the bifasciate appearance is rather inconspieuous. The 
clothing between the eyes, on prothorax and at apex of elytra is occasionally reddish 
instead of ochreous. The median line of the prothorax appears almost as if seared 
in in front. 
200. L. brevipennis, Pasec. 
201. L. carinicollis, Lea. 
202. L. frater, Lea. 
203. L. subsignatus, Boh. 
Haplonycides. 
204. Haplonyx Spencei, Gyll. 
This species is widely distributed in N. S. Wales, Vietoria and Tasmania, and 
specimens before me range in length from 5 to 9 mm. 
Variety A. 
Five speceimens from Adelaide (Belgian and Berlin Museums) and Victoria 
(©. French) differ from the normal form in having the prothoracic scales almost 
uniformly yellowish-white or white; with the faseieles composed of almost golden 
brown scales, not at all tipped with black or dark brown. On the elytra the subapical 
faseia is wider and more distinet (on two speeimens it practically extends to the 
apex itself), and the dark scales before it are less distinet, and only the posterior 
faseicles and the one behind the seutellum are tipped with black. In the normal 
form, however, all of the elytral fascieles are not always tipped with black. 
This form when placed side by side with typical specimens of Spencei, certainly 
appears te be distinet, but I can find no structural differences between them. 
