434 Mr. A. M. Lea's Notes on 



The female agrees very well with Chapuis' description of 

 Lox. asneolus, but as he described the sexes of that species 

 as similar in colour and size, and as in this species the male 

 is very different to the female in size and has the elytra 

 entirely dark, I cannot but think it a different species ; 

 more especially when the thousands of miles separating 

 the locality of lencolus (Pine Mountain in Queensland) and 

 the coastal districts of Western Australia are taken into 

 consideration. 



LOXOPLEURUS ACENTETUS, n. sp. 



(^. Reddish-testaceous ; base of head, scutellum, junction of pro- 

 thorax and elytra, metasternum and eight terminal joints of antennae 

 black or blackish. 



Head densely punctate and strigose, with a distinct median im- 

 pression. Antennae about as long as body, second joint half the 

 length of third, third slightly shorter than fourth and distinctly 

 shorter than fifth. Prothorax densely and coarsely punctate, punc- 

 tures rather sparser on disc than elsewhere ; oblique impressions 

 large and continuous across base ; margins narrow. Scutellum trans- 

 verse, subtriangular base feebly notched. Elytra oblong, subhumeral 

 lobes small, moderately densely and rather coarsely punctate, punc- 

 tures becoming subseriate in arrangement posteriorly ; with traces 

 of feeble longitudinal elevations. Apex of prosternvm obtusely 

 rounded. Intermediate segments of abdomen strongly incurved to 

 and very narrow across middle. 



Length 3 J mm. 



9 . Has the antennae thinner and just passing hind cox8e ; fourth 

 abdominal segment not traceable across middle and fovea larger than 

 usual. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hah. Tasmania : Huon River (on young leaves of 

 Eucalyptus, A. M. Lea). 



In the female the colour is usually the same as in the 

 male, but occasionally the base of the head and the fourth 

 joint of antennae are diluted with red, whilst the fourth 

 joint is dark above. 



In appearance rather close to Id. suhhritnea, Saund., of 

 which I only know the female, but the female larger, more 

 coarsely punctate, elytra longer, antennae stouter and 

 darker and the tibiae and tarsi couRiderably stouter. Lox. 

 verticalis, Chp. (described from a female and without exact 

 locality), is stated to have the scutellum semi-elliptic and 



