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



It may be considered that this species should have been 

 treated as a variety of the preceding, but in addition to 

 the differences in the antennae, which alone would warrant 

 its separation, the apex of the prosternum is very slightly 

 but perceptibly bilobed, a feature which, if the artificial 

 characters of Loxoplcurus were strictly adhered to, would 

 even remove the two species from generic association. 



LOXOPLEURUS MITIFICUS, n. sp. 



^ . Head, prothorax, legs (the tarsi and apex of tibiae infuscate) 

 and five basal joints of antenna? pale reddish -testaceous ; elsewhere 

 black. 



Head with small and not very dense punctures. Antennas slightly 

 shorter than body, second joint more than half the length of third, 

 third slightly shorter than fourth and distinctly shorter than fifth. 

 Prothorax very smooth ; with small and sparse punctures except at 

 sides ; oblique impressions rather wide and deep ; margins moder- 

 ately wide. Scutellnm triangular, base entire. Elytra oblong, sub- 

 humeral lobes small ; densely and moderately coarsely punctate, 

 punctures becoming smaller and seriate in arrangement posteriorly. 

 Apex of 'prosternxhm widely subtriangular. Abdomen with third 

 and fourth segments strongly incurved to and very narrow across 

 middle. 



Length 3 mm. 



9 . Differs in having the femora stained with piceous, antennae 

 shorter and thinner ; and punctures, especially on apical half of 

 elytra, smaller and sparser. Fourth abdominal segment not traceable 

 across middle ; fovea large. 



Length 3^ mm. 



Hah. N. S. Wales: Newcastle (types in Macleay 

 Museum), Gosford {A.M.Lea). 



The female with very pale head and prothorax and 

 smooth prothorax and elytra will distinguish this from the 

 two preceding species and from Lox. conjugahts, Chp., and 

 piceitarsis, Chp. In the only male I have seen the base of 

 the head is somewhat infuscate and the punctures are 

 considerably larger; it is, however, much smaller than the 

 males of the above-mentioned species. 



LoXOPLEURUS DOLENS, n. sp. 

 (^ . Black ; lower half of face, corners of pronotum and apex and 

 middle of prosternum flavous ; legs blackish, in places obscure 

 brown. 



