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On most of the spécimens before me the majority of the scales on 

 the iipper suflace ;ire of an alinost sooty bi-own, but on the elytra 

 they are lacgely variegaled with paie brovvn scales, which fre- 

 quently bave a golden lustre, thèse scales being usually confined 

 to the dise. On the undersurt'ace and legs they are nsually of a [)ale 

 grey colour, but in places sometinies with distinct golden gloss. 

 On the largest spécimens the sooty scales of the upper surface are 

 replaced with palci greyish ones. On the elytra the majority of tho 

 seta' are condensed into nunierous feeble fascicles, except occa- 

 sionally ou very small spécimens. A specimeu in M. GrifTith's 

 collection Ijas the scales most beautifully variegated with pale 

 glossy purple. The eyes are rather less narrow than usual. The 

 clothing is so dense that the sculpture is partially concealed, the 

 elytral interstices from the third to the seventh usually (but some- 

 times from the second to the eighth, or from the third to the sixth) 

 are supplied with obtuse tubercles, which being more densely 

 setose than the rest of the surface, cause the elytra to appear 

 fasciculate. 



In size probably the most variable species of the genus, and 

 certainly a very isolated one; some spécimens at a glance being 

 almost suggestive of Cherrus. 



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Leptops globicollis n. sp. 



Black. Densely clothed with dingy brown scales, thickly inters- 

 persed with semidecumbent setae; setœ of appendages unusually 

 long. 



Rostrum stout, strongly cari nated along m idd le. Sublateral sulci nar- 

 row, open posteriorly. Scrobesdeep in front, rather shallow behind, 

 almost S-shaped, hind end directed upwards close to eyes. Antennae 

 stout, ftrst joint of funicle longer than second, third to seventh 

 feebly transverse. Protliorax moderately transverse, stronyly con- 

 vex, sides strongly rounded ; vermiculate-tuberculate, but sculpture 

 partially concealed; médian impression feeble. Elytra wide and 

 strongly convex, wider near shoulders than elsewhere; with 

 double séries of large, partially concealed puntures; with rather 

 small tubercles. Front tibias stout, rather feebly curved, edentate. 

 Length 12-14 mill. 



Hab. : N. S. Wales : Oalston (A. M. Lea); Queensland : Darling 

 Downs (Macleay Muséum). 



A sliort wide specios not very obvioiisly !-elated to any other 

 uamed species before me. In the maie the third lifth and seventh 



