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behind. Scrobes rather deep and narrow, feebly curved in middle. 

 Antennœ comparatively long and thin; ail the joints of the fanicle 

 considerably longer than wide. Prothorax about as wide as long, 

 sides moderately rounded in front, obtusely vermiculate-tuber- 

 culate; with a narrow distinct almost parallel-sided médian 

 impression; pectoral armature feeble. Elytra elongate-ovate, with 

 double séries of large, irregular punctures; third fifth and seventh 

 interstices tuberculate, suture with acute almost conjoined tubercles 

 at summit of posterior declivity. Front tibiae moderately curved and 

 with numerous small teeth. — Length 22 mill. 

 Hab. : Australia. 



A long thin species. The spécimen described is a maie, on the 

 third interstice of its elytra there are six tubercles on one side and 

 seven on the other, ail distinct; towards the base they are rounded, 

 but posteriorly they become conical and acute; the fifth interstice 

 has five feeble tubercles on one side and six on the other; 

 the seventh has seven on one side and ten on the other, ail 

 (except those close to the base) distinct and acute; the suturai 

 tubercles are fuUy as large as any of the others. A spécimen, 

 evidently a female of this species (in M. GrifTith's collection and also 

 without exact locality) differs in being larger, the elytra conside- 

 rably wider and the tubercles smaller, less numerous and with a 

 tendency to disappear; the legs are shorter and the front tibiae 

 much less curved. 



Differs from the description of L. sculptus in the third interstice 

 not being cariniform to about the middle ; in L. sculptus the scrobes 

 are described as « quite straight » and that species is said to hâve 

 the prothorax widely canaliculate. 



Leptops amplipennis n. sp. 



Black. Densely and uniformly covered with rounded greyish or 

 pale brown scales, interspersed with semidecumbent setse. 



Rostrum moderately stout, strongly carinated along middle; 

 intermediate carinse regularly merging into head at base. Sublateral 

 sulci rather short, open behind. Scrobes very feebly curved, tou- 

 ching eyes at about their lower third, well-defmed but not very 

 deep or narrow. Antennœ not very long or thin, none of the joints 

 of funicle transverse. Prothorax very small, almost as long as 

 wide, sides rather strongly rounded in front, vermiculate-tuber- 

 culate, discal impression shallow and indistinct; pectoral armature 

 very feeble. Scutellum distinctly elevated. Elytra large, rather 

 widely ovate, with double séries of large and almost regular punc- 



