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ordinary ex?mples of pln^'riicopterus. L. ater may prove to 
be a good species, but is possibly only an aberrant specimen 
of phoenicopterus. 
L. nitidipennis, Macl. A female (unique) in the Mac- 
leay Museum is, no doubt, the type of this species It is in 
bad condition, and seems to me to be certainly the female of 
L. ater, Macl. It is of the size and colouring of a typical 
example of pha'tii rapt ems, Germ., but differs from the fe- 
male of that species by the more strongly marked geminate 
striae of its elytra, and the more abruptly narrowed front 
portion of its clypeus. Like phoenicopterus and ater it is from 
S. Australia. 
L. Mitch elli, Macl. A male (unique) in the Macleay Mu- 
seum, is, no doubt, the type of this species. T do not find 
any character to distinguish it from L. villosicolJis, Macl., 
except the slight difference (indicated in the preceding tabu- 
lation) in the form of its clypeus. This difference, however, 
remoteness of locality being given due weight, seems to indi- 
cate probable specific validity. 
SECOND GROUP (a, B, C, D, EE, OF TABULATION). 
Differs from the preceding group only by the elytra of 
its members being glabrous, or with only a few hairs close to 
the base. 
L. Mastersi, Macl. Among the specimens standing under 
this name and L. Germari, in the two Sydney museums, it is 
impossible to identify the actual types. The distinctions in- 
dicated in Macleay's note on Mastersi (it can hardly be called 
a description) are too slight to be seriously regarded. In 
Germari the male clypeus is said to be nearly quite truncate, 
the angles not very acute; in Mastersi, "slightly emargmate 
in front, and acutely angled." In Germari the median line 
of the pronotum is said to be "quite traceable," and in 
Mastersi not traceable. Slight dift'erences in puncturation 
and vestiture are mentioned. Differences in the inner apical 
spur of the front tibiae and the degree of dilatati )n 
of the male front tarsi are also mentioned. The last-men- 
tioned character, if it were strongly marked and constant, 
would, no doubt, be of importance ; but, after careful study 
of the specimens pinned into the two labels (''Germari" and 
"Mastersi'' ), in the Macleay Museum— among which presum- 
ably are the types — I have failed in finding two specimens 
that present this difference inter se, or even that differ inter 
se, as Germari and Mastersi should do in respect of the other 
slight characters. I must, therefore, regard them as but one 
species, and as "Germari" stands before "Mastersi" in Mac- 
