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a new genus Baryopadus; but I am convinced that it belongs te 

 Lcptops. Pascoe briel'ly defined tbe genus, slaling that its most 

 peculiar feature was the tarsi, but thèse are exactly as in superci- 

 liaris and other species of Leptops. Its antenna?, rostrum and tarsi, 

 one ahnost exactly as in superciliaris, and the sculpture of the 

 elytra of the same character, and certainly the two belong to but 

 one genus; first as certainly superciliaris und squamosas are conge- 

 neric, and the latter is quite a normal Leplops. Corrugatus varies 

 from 3 1/4 to 4 1/2 hnes. 



Ilah. : Queensland : Endeavour River, Cairns, Somerset; 

 N. S. Wales : Yass, Tamworth, 



Leptops férus Paso. 



This species varies in size from 6 to 10 lines, and the females as 

 a rule are considerably wider than the maies. The legs are nearly 

 alwaye strongly mottled, even when the scales elsewhere hâve 

 been discoloured. The scape in some spécimens seems thinner 

 than in others, but this may be parly due to clothing. The elytra 

 bave a subhumeral Catasarcus-hke tubercle on each side, but it 

 is sometimes rather small; the dorsal tubercles are somewhat 

 variable in number, and the conjoined tubercles at the suramit of 

 the posterior declivity are very conspicuous. 



Hab. : Queensland : Wide Bay, Cape Upstart, Cairns, Endeavour 

 River, Mackay, PeakDowns, Townsville, MountDryander, Kuranda. 



Leptops tetraphysodes Pasc. 



I bave examined what are practically co-types of this species in 

 the Macieay Muséum, and bave others which agrée well with the 

 description, but after abrasion I cannot see that they possess a 

 scutellum, even of the smallest size. Pascoe says « A peculiar 

 species owing to... the apparent absence of a scutellum ; this part, 

 however, is clearly présent in individuals when the scales surroun- 

 ding it hâve been removed ». It is a very distinct species and com- 

 mon in southern Queensland and on the northern coastal rivers 

 of New South Wales (1). I bave seen a spécimen said to come from 

 S. Australia, butbelieve this to be erroneous. 



A spécimen from the lUawarra district in M. Ferguson's collection 

 is much smaller and the space helween the eyes is more convex 

 than is usual. The antemedian tubercles of the elytra are also almost 

 absent. 



(1) There I hâve takeii il ou a species of lily. 



