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Head wide, with rather dense small punctures at base and sides; 

 inter-ocular foveœ rather small, longer than wide and not very 

 distinct. Prothorax distinctly transverse, sides rather strongly 

 roLinded in middle; dise almost or quite impiinctate, sides with a 

 few scattered punctures. Elijlra moderately dilated to beyond the 

 middle ; with irregular rows of rather shallow but clearly defined 

 punctures of moderate size, becoming very small posteriorly. — 

 Length 4-4 1/2 mill. 



Hab. : W. Australia : King George's Sound (Macleay Muséum), 

 Albany (R. Helms), Vasse, Rottnestlsland (A. M. Lea). 



The tips and sides of the pro thorax are sometimes paler than the 

 dise, butthey could scarcely be called whitish, the whitish parts of 

 the elytra consist of a submedian oblique fascia joined to the suture 

 and continued along this almost to apex, the parts adjacent being 

 slightly stained. To the naked eye the whitish parts appear as a 

 very feeble Y, but under a lens they are much less distinct. The 

 abdominal segments are sometimes stained in the middle. 



Var. a. — Elytra uniformly pallid, meso- and metasternum 

 infuscate. 



Lemidia pallida n. sp. 



Flavous; scutellum, metasternum and abdomen black, hind tarsi 

 infuscate. Clothing much as in preceding species. 



Head wide, more convex than usual, inter-ocular fovea3 very 

 small and indistinct or altogether absent; almost impunctate. 

 Prothorax comparatively strongly transverse, constrictions rather 

 deep and very decidedly impressed across middle, especially in 

 front, sides widely rounded; with a few scattered punctures. Elytra 

 rather short, almost parallel-sided to near apex, with fairly dense, 

 clearly defined, punctures of moderate size, becoming very small 

 posteriorly, and towards the suture appearing in very irregular rows. 

 — Length 3 1/3-4 3/4 mill. 



Bah. : N. S. Wales (G. French), Tarcutta (Macleay Muséum), 

 Sydney, Blue Montains (E. W. Ferguson), Galston, Clifton, National 

 Park, Gomo (A. M. Lea). 



A common species on flowers about Sydney and in build 

 resembling pictipes. 



Var. a. — Upper surface of head (except mouth parts) black. 

 Var. B. — Middle of base of head black, abdomen pale except at 

 apex. 



Var. g. — Abdomen pale exceptât apex. 



