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Lemidia Griffithi n. sp. (tîg. 34). 



Mouth parts, prothorax and appendages (parts of legs excepted) 

 flavous; elytra black, with a bluish gloss, each with a transverse 

 basai red spot, and a similarly coloured transverse médian 

 irregalar spot; abdomen partly or entirely black; elsewhere black. 

 With long sparse hairs; elytra in addition with long, sparse, seriale 

 pubescence, 



Head wide, with rather dense and rugose but distinct punctures 

 in front, absent or sparse elsewhere; inter-ocular fovese shallow 

 and ill-delined. Prothorax feebly transverse, sides widely rounded 

 in middle; surface uneven in places or with feeble shallow fovea\ 

 but nowhere with distinct punctures. E'^^fm moderately inflated to 

 beyond the middle; with rugose punctures. — Length 3 3/4-4 mill. 



Hab. : S. Australia : Murray Bridge (H. H. D. Griffith). 



Of four spécimens before me two bave the abdomen entirely 

 black, whilst in the others it is only tipped with black. The médian 

 spots of the elytra (representing a very irregular fascia) are 

 narrowed towards the sutu e, which they do not touch, nor do they 

 touch the sides; the basai spots touch the extrême margins but not 

 the suture. The hind legs (except the trochanters) are entirely 

 black, or with parts of the tibise obscurely diluted with red. The 

 four front legs are sometimes (except for a slight infuscation of the 

 tarsi) entirely pale, or with the front femora striped behind, and the 

 middle pair both in front and behind. The elytral punctures are 

 distributed somewhat as in the preceding species, but are smaller 

 and decidedly rugose. 



L.einidia meridionalis n. sp. (fig. 33). 



Front three-fifths of head, prothorax, three elytral fascise, tips 

 of abdominal segments, and appendages (parts of legs excepted) 

 flavous; elsewhere black. Clothing much as in preceding species. 



Head wide and rather more convex than usual; with sparse 

 small and irregularly distributed punctures; inter-ocular fovese 

 shallow and rather long. Prothorax as in the preceding species. 

 Elytra shaped as in the preceding species; with rows of sparse 

 (but fairly dense on sides) and rugose punctures, of rather small 

 size, becoming very small posteriorly. — Lenght4 41/2 mill. 



Hab. : S. Australia (type in Macleay Muséum). 



The type has the hind legs (except the trochanters and a very 

 small part of the knees) black, and the four front legs pale, except 

 for a slight infuscation of the tarsi and of the base of the femora. 



