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the suture, and a rather large subapical spot touching the side but 

 distinct from the suture (in one spécimen it aimost touches the 

 suture). The elytral punctures appear to be in aimost regular rows, 

 although they are usually so small and rugose that they can seldom 

 be seen distinctly. On one spécimen the segments of the abdomen 

 are rather widely whitish at their tips, and the metasternum is 

 slightly infuscated in the middle. 



Liemidia spinipennis n. sp. (fig. 60). 



Front portion of head (and three short stripes to between the 

 eyesj, prothorax, extrême base, a broad médian fascia and the 

 apical fifth (or sixth) of elytra, basai half of abdomen, antennse 

 (thèse sometimes infuscate), palpi and parts of legs of a more or 

 less brightred; rest of head and of legs black with a greenish or 

 purplish gloss; rest of elytra metallic blue or green, sometimes 

 shadingoffto purple. With sparse straggling hairs; headand elytra 

 in addition with very sparse pubescence. 



Headwlde; punctures small and sparse, except between eyes, 

 where they are rather dense; inter-ocular fovea'. scarcely traceable. 

 Prothorax apparently slightly longer than wide; sides rather 

 suddenly inflated in middle; surface somewhat uneven and with 

 a few small punctures. Elytra comparatively strongly inflated to 

 beyond the middle, and each at apex produced into a distinct spine 

 or acute mucro, with irregular séries of not very large but clearly 

 defined punctures, suddenly becoming smaller (especially on dise) 

 beyond the middle. — Length 7 mill. 



Hab. : N. S. Wales (type in Macleay Muséum), Culcairn 

 (E. W. Ferguson), Whitton (A. M. Lea). 



The médian fascia is somewhat variable, as on one spécimen it is 

 aimost parallel-sides, whilst in the others it is decidedly widened 

 to the sides. The knees and under surface of the front tibia3 and 

 parts of the four front tarsi are pale. The elytral spines are suturai, 

 continuons with the posterior declivity and about the length of one 

 of the claw joints. Readily uistinguished from ail previously 

 described species, except biaculeata, by its apical spines, and from 

 the description of that species by the broad médian band of elytra. 



Lemidia brevis n. sp. 



Bright red; elytra ofadeep shining black, with a feeble purplish 

 gloss; legs (except trochanters but parts of the front legs obscurely 

 diluted with red; and palpi deep black, antennse blackish on apical 



