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Rather closely allied to A. himl i itrnm^, AlacL, but lar- 
ger and differently coloured (the elytra more lerruginous, and 
with a better defined, dark bordering), the upper tooth of the 
front tibiae much stronger, and (especially) the basal region 
of the elytra pilose. 
Western Australia (Swan River) : Mr Lea. 
L. cincfipennis, sp. nov. Breviter ovatus ; minus nitidus ; 
niger, antennis (clava picea excepta) palpis et elytris 
(marginibus late nigris exceptis) ferrugineis, pedibus 
plus minusve picescentibus : supra sat glaber, pronoto 
antice et ad latera piloso-fimbriato, propygidio pygidioque 
setis adpressis albidis vestitis : subtus cmereo-pilosus ; an- 
tennis 9-articulatis : clypeo antice truncate, cum fronte 
(hac sat asquali) pronotoque confertim subtiliter ruguloso : 
prothorace fortiter transverso, aequali, antice sat fortiter 
angustato, lateribus arcuatis ; elytris obsolete geminate- 
striatis, interspatiis leviter nee crebre punctulatis; pro- 
pygidio pygidioque crebre sat subtiliter rugulosis; tibiis 
anticis extus bidentatis (dente superiori minuto vel sub- 
obsoleto) : tarsorum posticorum articulo basali (i[uam 2"^ 
vix longiori. 
IMaris quam feminse clypeo magis abrupte truncato, anten- 
narum flabello j^arum longiori, tarsis anticis paullo ro- 
bustioribus. Long., 3 1. ; lat., - 1. 
Easily distinguishable from A. h/rid/prn/ns, MacL, and 
c/rcridiis, ~B\aclib., by, inter (did, the non-pilose disc of its 
pronotum and the deep black, much wider, and more sharply 
defined bordering of its elytra. 
Western Australia (Pertli). 
L. minor, sp. nov. (Mas.) — Ovatus: minus nitidus: piceus, vix 
rufescens, clypeo antennis (clava jDicea excepta) palpis 
pedibus elytrisque testaceo-brunneis : supra glaber : sub- 
tus sparsim pilosus : antennis 9-articulatis : clypeo 
nitido sparsim punctulato, antice tridentato (dente 
mediano sat acuto) : fronte crebre subtiliter subaspcre 
puuctulata, sat aequali : prothorace sat fortiter transverso, 
antice fortiter angustato, supra subtilius sparsim leviter 
punctulato, postice obsolete impresso, lateribus 
sat fortiter rotundatis : elytris obsolete geminato- 
striatis interspatiis sparsius sat fortiter punctulatis : 
propygidio pygidioque crebre punctulatis ; tibiis anticis 
extus, 1-dentatis ; tarsorum posticorum articulo basali 
quam 2"' manifeste breviori. Long., '1 1.; lat, 1 -, 1. 
The clypeus of the female is probably less stronglv tri- 
dentate than that of the male, but in tlie male the median 
tooth is so well defined that it ic not likelv to be unrepre- 
