Australian Gurcidionklce. 185 



LEPTOPIN^. 



Leptops, Schonherr, Curcul. ii. 297. 



Leptops reductus. 



L. sub-ovatus, niger, squamis minutis grisescentibus sat 

 densiter indutus; rostro breviusculo, supra carinis duabus 

 validis baud approximatis ; scrobe foveiformi ; antennis 

 valde incrassatis; prothorace longitudine baud latiore, 

 utrinque fortiter rotundato^ basi apice latitudine aequali, 

 supra subtuberculato-rugoso, in medio late longitudinaliter 

 impresso ; scutello non observando ; elytris breviter ob- 

 ovatis, apice anguste rotundatis, singulatim quadriseriatim 

 tuberculatis, serie suturali tuberculis tribus, duobus ultimis 

 majoribus^ seriebus duabus intermediis tuberculis tribus 

 maximis, serie externa tuberculis duobus paulo minori- 

 bus ; tibiis apicem versus longe pilosis. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Like L.polyaca,nilnis, but smaller, with a more rounded 

 prothorax, not granulate above, the elytra much shorter, 

 the tubercles less conical, &c. 



Leptops ferus. 



L. ob-ovatus, niger, squamositate terrea indutus; rostro 

 sat elongate, supra carinis duabus validis approximatis; 

 scrobe flexuosa ; antennis modice incrassatis ; prothorace 

 longitudine baud latiore, utrinque rotundato, supra 

 rugoso-tuberculato, in medio late sulcato ; scutello dis- 

 tincto, parvo ; elytris breviter ovatis, apice rotundatis, 

 singulatim triseriatim tuberculatis, serie suturali tuber- 

 culis parvis sed ultimo majore, seriebus duabus intermediis 

 tuberculis (prime excepto) validissimis, obtusis, regione 

 humerali tuberculis tribus minoribus; corpore infra pedi- 

 busque squamosis, squamis elongatis pallidioribus inter- 

 jectis. 



Long. 7 lin. 



Hah. — Queensland. 



A large coarse species belonging to the polyacanthiis 

 group, the prothorax not granulate, and the squamosity 

 of a different character. 



Leptops suhfasciatus . 



L. oblongo-ovatus, fuscus, squamis griseis plus minusve 

 sparse tectus ; rostro sat valid o, medio carinulato, utrin- 



