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Leptops superciliaris Pasc. 



The description ol" Lliis specics is rather unsatisfactory as ail 

 Ihat Pascoe says ot' tlie elylcal Uiber'cies is as follows : « in singulo 

 elytro tubercaUs (luirKjue, (juoniin dtiobus validioribus tratisvcrsUn 

 positis... Resembles L. quadrituberculatds in outline, but the elytra 

 are less diiated posteriorly and more tiiberculate ». 



There is a small and fairly common insect in New Soulh VVales 

 and Queensland which somewhatdoubtfully I referto thisspecies(l). 

 It varies in length from 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 lines (the type was 4) and is 

 very densely clothed (the type was described as « ]jarce unibrino 

 squamulosus » but may hâve been partly abraded). 



The rostrum is stout and its sculpture is somewhat as in corru- 

 gatus. On the elytra the third interstice is very decidedly raised on 

 the basai half, then more feebly so to the apex of the posterior 

 declivity, where there is the largest tubercle of ail; the fourth 

 interstice is not raised but has an obscure tubercle at about its 

 middle; the fifth is raised to near the middle, then suddenly 

 depressed and then with an obtuse tubercle; the sixth has the 

 second largest tubercle of ail, slightly to the rear of that on the 

 third; on the posterior declivity equidistant between thèse two 

 large ones there is another. In addition to the five noted, there is 

 often another on the seventh interstice, and another on the poste- 

 rior declivity; the shoulders are also subtuberculated. 



The whole surface is thickly beset with stiff setaa, which are 

 especially noticeable on the rostrum (where they are reddish 

 brown), and on the tubercles (where they are mostly whitish), but 

 they are very subject to abrasion. The eyes are usually margined 

 with white scales, and the hase of the head thickly covered with 

 glistening ones often of an almost golden colour, but thèse are 

 especially liable to be corne discoloured. On one spécimen four 

 obscure whitish lines of scales are to be traced on the prothorax, 

 and there are several obscure pathes on the elytra, especially 

 posteriorly. 



Hab. : N. S. Wales : Windsor, Dalmorton, Glen Innés; Queens- 

 land : Brisbane, Rockhampton, Mackay, Mount Dryander, Dawson 

 River (1). 



VAmETY A. 

 Four spécimens (from Gayndah, Rockhampton and Darling 

 Downs — the latter with a label « bores into white cedar ») may 



(1) Since this was writteu I hâve examiued a specimeu of this species belou- 

 ging- to the Relgiau Muséum aud inarked as haviug beeu uamed superciliaris by 

 Pascoe himselt'. 



