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there is an obscure brownish streak connecting the dark 

 space in front with the base of the prothorax. The female 

 is probably very different in appearance to the male. 



LOXOPLEURUS CHALCEUS, Chp. 



In the male the legs (in all the numerous specimens I 

 have from Tamworth*) are entirely pallid, in the female 

 the hind, the four hind, or occasionally the whole of the 

 femora are clouded with piceous. 



LoXOPLEURUS L^VIUSCULUS, Chp. 



A specimen from Jenolan may belong to this species 

 (the exact locality of his specimen was unknown to 

 Chapuis), but is larger (4 mm.) than the type, and the 

 third and fourth and lower surface of the first and second 

 joints of the antennae are obscurely reddish, whilst in the 

 type the antennse are said to have " articulis 5 primis 

 fiiscis." 



LoXOPLEURUS CONJUGATUS, Chp. 



A specimen from Tamworth before me probably belongs 

 to this species, but differs from the description in having 

 the hind femora clouded with black ; this, however, is a 

 common variation in the subfamily. 



LoXOPLEURUS PICEITARSIS, Chp. 



Only the female was known to Chapuis; the male differs 

 in being smaller, with longer antennae, the lower half of 

 the head and the front margin of prothorax reddish (black 

 in the female), the outer and apical margins of the elytra 

 are also usually indistinctly diluted with red ; the elytra 

 also have a greenish gloss, whilst in the female the gloss 

 is usually violet, although occasionally dark bluish-green. 

 The prothoracic punctures are smaller and less numerous in 

 the male than in the female, 



Rab. N. S. Wales : Kiama, Hunter River, Sydney. 



A specimen from Tasmania apparently belonging to this 

 species has only the two terminal joints of the tarsi slightly 

 infuscate. 



LOXOPLEURUS GENIALIS, Chp. 



Hah. Queensland : Port Denison. 



* Chapuis records the species from " Australie." 



