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lateribus apiceque iufuscatis ; supra ubique capillis longis 



crassis (iu capite, et in prothoracis elytrorumque disco, 



bruuneis vel piceis ; iu marginibus albis) sparsim vestitus; 



subtus et iu pygidio propygidioque deuse albo-tomeutosus ; 



clypeo autice rotuudato-truncato ; capite prothoraceque 



opacis ; hoc trausverso sparsissime, illo miuus sparsim, 



fortiter puuctatis ; elytris subnitidis crasse vix seriatim 



puuctatis ; tibiis auticis iu medio obsolete deutatis, apice 



iu deutem longum producto ; tarsorum posticorum articulo 



1° 2^ paullo longiore. Long., 6|-mm. 



A very distiuct little species, uot very closely allied, I tbink, 



to auy yet described. Probably it is most at home uear 



L. discipennis. 



It was takeu iu "Westeru Australia by Mr. Meyrick. 

 JL. nigro-umhratus, sp. uov. Late ovatus ; sat uitidus ; niger ; 

 auteuuis, palpis, tarsisque, rufo-piceis ; elytrorum disco 

 cupreo-lurido ; capite prothoraceque deuse nigro-pilosis ; 

 subtus cinereo-pilosus ; clypeo autice rotuudato-truucato, 

 margiuibus sat fortiter reflexis ; capite prothoraceque 

 crebre sat fortiter, elytris sparsim subtilius, pygidio propy- 

 gidioque louge fulvo-pilosis sat sparsim nee fortiter, puuc- 

 tatis ; striis gemiuatis, leviter notatis ; tibiis auticis 

 alterius sexus leviter, alterius fortiter, tridentatis ; tar sis 

 posticis gracilibus elongatis, articulo 1° et 2° subsequalibus ; 

 auteuuis 9-articulatis. Long., 10-11 mm. 

 Occurs iu various localities near Adelaide. 

 Allied to L. erythroijterus, Blanch., but differing intei' alia 

 iu its greater pilosity and in the absence from the thorax of a 

 channel and from the propygidium of a keel. The upper tootb 

 on the anterior tibiae is much smaller than the others, so that 

 in the sex (probably male) in which the teeth are feebly 

 developed this one is only barely indicated. 



Mr. Tepper has shown me a very remarkable Liparetrus from 

 Kangaroo Island, whicb I think is an extreme variety of this 

 insect. It differs iu being much smaller (long., 8 mm.) and 

 Having the lurid colouring (whicb in the type occupies only 

 the disc of the elytra, and shades obscurely off into the sur- 

 rounding black) extended over the whole of the elytra except a 

 narrow basal margin. 



L. Rotliei, sp. uov. Ovatus; sat uitidus ; piceo-uiger, auteuuis 

 (clava infuscata excepta), palpis, pedibusque rufesceutibus, 

 elytris rufo-piceis ; supra sat glaber ; prothorace ad latera 

 et autice capillis longis nigris, elytris postice ciliis fuscis 

 pervalidis, fimbriatis ; subtus cinereo-pilosus ; pygidio 

 propygidioque sparsissime pilosis ; clypeo (? alterutrius 

 sexus solum) reHexo, autice truncate, angulis rotundatis ; 



