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manifeste geminato-striatis, interspatiis fortius sat 
crebre pTinctiilafcis ; propygidio pygidioque subopacis, illo 
leviter sparsius, hoc magis crebre magis fortiter, punctu- 
lato ; tibiis anticis extus tridentatis (dentibus intervai- 
lis subsequalibus divisis) ; tarsorum posticorum articuJis 
basalibus 2 sat aequalibus. Long., 3"/ 1.: lat., 21 1. 
A very broad species, bearing much superficial resem- 
blance to several other species, from most of which it is dis- 
tinguished by the vestiture of its pronotum, that segment 
being glabrous except on the margins, which are fringed by 
long, erect pilosity. As the basal joint of its hind tarsi is 
possibly a trifle shorter than the second joint it seems desir- 
able to indicate the characters that (apart from the hind 
tarsi) distinguish it from those species of the third group 
which are not very differently coloured. From all of them 
known to me it differs, inter alia, by the form of its clvpeus 
and the very much feebler and sparser puncturation of its 
pronotum. The unique type is a male. 
South Australia (Tintmarra) : in S.A. Museum. 
L. puer, sp nov. Ovatus : sat opacus : niger, elytris (his 
nonnihil iridescentibus) cum propygidio pygidioque 
piceis vel rufescentibus, antennis (clava picea excepta) 
palpis pedibusque rutis, elytris basin versus obscure 
nigricantibus : supra sat glaber, sed capite piloso pronoti 
marginibus omnibus pilis erectis perlongis finibriatis 
propygidio pygidioque sparsim pilosis : subtus pilosus : 
antennis 9-articulati9 (stipite perbrevi) : clypeo antice 
late rotundato (fere subtruncato), sat fortiter reflexo, 
crebre subtiliter fere ut froiis (hoc sat asquali) pniictu- 
lato : prothorace fortiter transverso, gequali, subtilius sub- 
obsolete punctulato, inter puncturas nonnihil ruguloso 
vel subgranuloso, antice minus angustato, lateribus sat 
arcuatis : elytris manifeste geminato-striatis, interspatiis 
fortiter (fere subgrosse) vix crebre punctulatis : propy- 
gidio sat fortitei- minus crebre punctulato, sat nitido : 
pygidio sparsius sat grosse punctulato, nitido : tibiis 
anticis tridentatis (dentibns intervallis subaequalibus 
divisis) : tarsorum posticornm articulo basali (|uaTii 2'''' 
vix breviori. 
Maris quam femiiias aiitennarum tlabello paullo longiori, tar- 
sis anticis longioribus et robustioribus : maris pyeidio 
longitudinaliter leviter (feminas nullo modo) cariiiata 
Long., 2| 1. : lat. l-i 1. 
This very email Liparefini.^ seems not verv close to any 
other species known to me, and clearly distinct from all 
those described by Macleay. [ snsp-^ct that ^Macleay would 
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