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feeble. Prothorax longer than wide, sides rather strongly rounded 

 in middle; almost impiinctate. Elytra subparallel sided to near 

 apex, with almost régulai* rows of rather small but clearly defined 

 punctures, becoming smaller towards apex and denser towards 

 sides. — Length 4 1[4 mill. 



Hah. : N. S. Wales : Forest Reefs (A. M. Lea). 



The abdominal segments are very obscurely tipped with red. 

 The species is allied to exUis but the elytral punctures are not quite 

 alike and the apex is flavous. 



Lemidia alternata n. sp. (fig. 12). 



Bright red; scutellum, round spot on each shoulder, a wide 

 submedian fascia and rather more than the apical fourth of elytra, 

 legs (except trochanters, knees and parts of the four front tibiae and 

 tarsi), meso- and metasternum, and middle of under surface of head, 

 black; abdomen reddish, but blackish along middle and at tip. 

 With long straggling hairs, denser and shorter on elytra than 

 elsewhere, 



Head moderately wide; with small punctures, dense in front but 

 small behind; inter-ocular foveœ very feeble. Prothorax distinctly 

 longer than wide, sides moderately rounded in middle; with sparse 

 and irregularly distributed punctures. Elytra parallel-sided to near 

 apex; with somewhat irregular rows of rather large, clearly defined 

 punctures, suddenly terminated at the apical black portion. — 

 Length 5 mill. 



Hab. : N. S. Wales : Tamworth (A. M. Lea). 



The apical black band is rather wider than the submedian one, 

 this one is wider than the basai red band, and this in turn slightly 

 wider than the post-median red band; ail the bands are sharply 

 defined. The apical portion of the prothorax, from some directions, 

 appears to be very fmely corrugated. 



Lemidia villosa n. sp. (fig. 2-3). 



Front two-thirds of head, prothorax, a large semicircular basai 

 common spot, a wide irregular submedian fascia (touching suture 

 but not sides) and a large subapical spot on each elytron, and 

 appendages (tarsi in part and apical two thirds of hind femora 

 infuscate or black) more or less flavous; elsewhere black. With long 

 straggling hairs, elytra in addition with long pubescence. 



Head rather wide; with somewhat rugose punctures in places ; 

 inter-ocular fovese conjoined posteriorly and open in front so as to 



