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often appears to be occupied by a large irregular circle (open along 

 the suture but closed elsewhere), and this circle may be entirely 

 pale, or with a dark staiu on each side. The legs, especially the 

 hind femora, are often infuscated in parts. The surface of the elytra 

 is somewhat uneven but ail the punctures, even t'ne smallest ones, 

 are clearly defined. 



Var. a, — On two spécimens from Mount Wellington (Tasmania) 

 the postmedian spots on each elytron appear as a solid black blotch, 

 irregular in outline ])oth in front and behind, not quite meeting 

 across the suture, but extending to the extrême margin. 



Lemidia pallidipennis n. sp. 



Head (apical part flavous), prothorax and scutellumcoppery, with 

 a greenish gioss, sterna black, elsewhere tlavous or slightly infus- 

 cated in parts. Glothing much as in the preceding species. 



iîead rather wide, with small and fairly dense punctures at sides 

 and base, sparse elsewhere; inter-ocular foveœ very feeble and 

 almost conjoined. Prothorax much as in the preceding species 

 except that it is slightly shorter, with the sides more evenly 

 rounded. My/ra almost parallel-sided; with feeble rows of rugose 

 almost obsolète punctures. — Length 4 1/2-4 3/4 mill. 



Hab. : Tasmania : Mount Wellington; King Island (A. M. Lea). 



The tarsi and tips of the antenn» (and occasionally the femora) 

 are sometimes slightly infuscated, the elytra (especially the shoul- 

 ders) are also sometimes feebly stained in places (but the stains do 

 not form distinct markings). On two spécimens the abdomen in 

 deeply infuscated, but in others it is uniformly pallid. The elytrai 

 punctures are never clearly defined but a few are fairly distinct 

 near the suture; they cause, however, the whole surface to appear 

 very slightly uneven. The colours, except for the elytra are much 

 as in the preceding species, but the elytrai punctures are vei-y 

 différent and there is scarcely a trace of pustules; it is also more 

 robust. 



Lemidia Australias n. sp. (fig. 27 29). 



Flavous; front part of head, tips of prothorax, base and an 

 oblique postmediaii l'ascia on elytra whitish; scutellum, sides and 

 front of prosternum, meso , metasternum and abdomen, black or 

 blackish; a spot on each elytron just before and just behind the 

 white fascia and the hind tarsi infuscate. Sparsely clothed wilh 

 straggling hairs, becoming shorter and subseriate on elytra. 



Head moderately wide, with rather small irregularly distributed 



