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sen ted in the female. The front tibiae have no distinct tooth 
(scarcely even an inequality) above the apical projection. All 
the species placed by Macleay among those having the clypeus 
tridentate in the male and which bear any superficial resem- 
blance to this insect, have the basal joint of their hind tarsi 
loi^ger than the second joint. Tt should be noted that al- 
though in my unique example of this insect the propygidium 
and pygidium are glabrous, T judge from the nature of the 
sculpture and the analogy of allied si3ecies that those parts 
are probably abraded, and that in a fresh specimen they 
might bear some sparse vestiture. 
Queensland : Port Mackay (Mr. Lower). 
L. brevipes^ sp. nov., fem. Breviter ovatus ; subnitidus ; 
brunneo-testaceus, antennarum clava capiteque piceo- 
nigris, prothorace testaceo-rufo ; supra glaber ; subtus 
cinereo-pilosus : antennis 9-articulatis ; clypeo antice 
rotundato, ut frons (nac sat asquali) transversim crebre 
ruguloso ; prothorace fortiter transverse, antice sat angus- 
tato, supra obsolete canaliculate, subtilius sat crebre 
punctulato, lateribus arcuatis ; clylris sat fortiter gemi- 
nato-striatis, interspatiis sat fortiter vix crebre punctu- 
latis ; propygidio pygidioque fortiter sat crebre punctu- 
latis ; tibiis anticis extus 1-dentatis ; tarsis brevibus, 
posticorum articulo basali quam 2'"' i^arum breviori. 
Long., 2^ ; lat., If 1. 
An exceptionally wide species, and with unusually short 
tarsi. It is not very close to any other species known to me 
except the next species to be described (L. Blanchardi, sp. n.), 
but bears considerable superficial resemblance to L. Icrtus, 
Blackb., which, however, infer alia, has antennse consisting 
of only eight joints, and front tibias conspicuously bidentate 
externally. 
Western Australia (Perth). 
L. Blan ch ardi , sp. nov., fem. Sat breviter ovatus : minus 
nitidus ; brunneo-testaceus, fronte et (angustissime) 
elytrorum basi nigris, steriio paullo infuscato : s^upra fere 
glaber (pygidio sparsius brevissime villoso) : subtus 
cinereo-pilosus ; antennis 9-articulatis ; clypeo iiitido 
leviter squamose punctulato, antice subtruncato (latissime 
rotundato) : fronte sat requali, subtilius minus crebre 
punctulata ; ]:)rotliorace fortiter transverse, antice for- 
titer angustato, supra postice vix maiiifeste canaliculate, 
sat crebre minus subtiliter punctulato, lateribus fortiter 
rotundatis ; elytris leviter geminato-striatis, interspatiis 
sat fortiter sat crebre punctulatis : propygidio pygidioque 
crolire minus fortiter punctulatis ; tibiis anticis extus 
