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tares, apex distinctly notched; seventh interstice tuberculate, third 

 and fifth carinate and tiil)ercLilate, two small conical tubercles on 

 ■ suture ncar summit of posler'ior declivily. Front libico moderately 

 curved, willi numerous smali teeth. — Length 18 mill. 

 Hah. : N. W. Australia (G. French). 



Not very close to any other species before me, althongh evi- 

 dently of the tribidus Qvonp. The spécimen described is almost 

 certainly a female, and its prothorax in proportion to the elytra is 

 much smaller than in any other known species. At the base the 

 elyti-a are very little wider than the prothorax, but beyond the 

 middle they are more than twice as wide, the third and fifth inter- 

 stices are carinated (the carinœ being feebly undulated) to beyond 

 the middle, and then each bas a few very small tubercles, the 

 seventh has thirteen small but acute tubercles on one side and 

 fourteen on the other. 



Leptops Frenchi n. sp. 



Black. Rostrum very stout; very strongly carinated along middle ; 

 intermediate carinse strong, regularly merging into head. Sublateral 

 sulci narrovv, open behind. Scrobes large rather deep and irregular ; 

 ery deep in front. Antenne short and stout; third to seventh joints 

 of funicle transverse. Prothorax rather strongly transverse, sides 

 strongly rounded; coarsely vermicnlate-tuberculate; distinctly 

 carinated along middle; tubercles of prosternum large and acutely 

 conical. Elytra elongate-ovate or subcordate, with double séries of 

 large, sharply defmed punctures ; apex obtusely notched ; third 

 fifth and seventh interstices with obtuse tubercles. Abdomen 

 coarsely sculptured throughout. — Length 35 mill. 



Hab. : W. Australia : Coolgardie (G. French). 



The spécimen before me (probably a female) appears to be very 

 greatly abraded, as setaî are almost entirely absent from the appen- 

 dages, as well as from the body itself, and except in the depressed 

 places scales are also absent. In thèse, however, especially on the 

 under surface, the scales are very densely packed, and are probably 

 ofa snowy whiteness in fresh spécimens. There are indications also 

 that when fresh the spécimen was covered with a pinkish meal.The 

 teeth of the front tibi;c are so minute that in a fresh spécimen they 

 woulii probably be conceahMi. 



Tlie elytral sculpture is uiilikc Uial ul any olher species known 

 to me, althongh evidently something like that of L. areolatus, but 

 from the description of that si)ecips it differs in its tubercles and 

 scrobes. Each puncture is clearly delined and is bounded on ail sides 



