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have placed it in the disci penms group near Jiolosericeus,. 
MacL, which, however, he places in that group only with 
doubt. Holosericeus is a larger insect, differently coloured^ 
and is glabrous above. It is, moreover, from a widely dis- 
tant locality. It may be noted that there are a few hairs on 
the disc of the pronotum of j)U('r, but they are quite incon- 
spicuous compared with the strong frill of long pilosity across 
the front margin. 
South Australia (Eucla district). 
L. Perkinsi, sp. nov. Ovatus ; minus nitidus ; niger, sat 
iridescens ; elytris antennis palpisque rufo-testaceis, pedi- 
bus plus minusve rufescentibus ; supra sat glaber, subtus 
pilosus ; antennis 9-articulatis ; clypeo antice dentibus 
3 fortibus acutis recurvis armato, nitido, subsqua- 
mose vix crebre punctulato, f route coriacea crebre sub- 
tiliter punctulata ; prothorace fortiter transverso, vix 
perspicue canaliculato, supra fere ut frons sed minus 
crebre punctulato, antice fortiter angustato, lateribus 
fortiter rotundatis ; elytris subfortiter geminato-striatis, 
interspatiis subfortiter vix crebre punctulatis : propy- 
gidio pygidioque sequalibus, aequaliter ut frons sculptu- 
ratis ; tibiis anticis extus fortiter tridentatis (den- 
tibus intervallis subsequalibus — sed superioribus 2 non- 
nihil approximatis — divisis) ; tarsorum posticorum arti- 
culo basali quam 2'" manifeste (vix multo) longiori* 
Long., 25-3.^ 1. ; lat., If-Wo h 
The unusual character of three sharp recurved teeth pro- 
jecting from the front of the clypeus distinguishes this 
species from nearly all its congeners. The two species to 
which Macleay attributes that character have their head and 
pronotum villose. I do not find any marked sexual charac- 
ters in any of the eight specimens that I have seen of this 
insect, though I think (from slight abdominal differences) 
that both sexes are present. 
North Queensland. (Sent by Mr. R. C. L. Perkins.) 
L. alienus, sp. nov. Elongato-ovatus : minus nitidus : niger,. 
antennis (clava picea excepta) palpis elytris pedibus 
femin^eque abdomine rufis ; supra totus (propygidio 
pygidioque albido-pilosis exceptis) pilis sat elongatis 
nigris erectis minus dense vestitus ; subtus cinereo-pilosus ; 
antennis 9-articulatis ; clypeo subnitido, squamosa 
punctulato, antice truncate (angulis obtusis) ; f route 
aequali, ut pronotum coriacea sparsim sat grosse punctu- 
lata ; prothorace fortiter transverso, nsquali, antice sat 
angustato, lateribus arcuatis ; elytris sat elongatis, spar* 
sim subseriatim subgrosse nee profunde punctulatis. 
