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•arrangement of tlie genus would probably be near L. rubefactus 

 of that author. 



There is a single specimen in the Sotitb Australian Museum. 

 i. insularis, sp. nov. Ovatus ; supra (pygidio propygidioque 

 sparsim breviter griseo-birtis exceptis) glaber ; nitidus ; 

 piceus aut rufopiceus, tibiis tarsisque nonnullis exemplis 

 dilutioribus ; prothorace capillis longis pallidis fimbriato ; 

 subtus longe sat sparsim pallide pilosus ; clypeo crebre 

 fortius, protborace minus crebre fortius, elytris trans- 

 versim rugose subseriatim sat fortiter, punctatis ; bis 

 (maris fere, feminas omnino) propygidium tegentibus, 

 striis geminatis vix evidenter impressis ; p3^gidio maris 

 obscure, feminae sparsius sat fortiter punctato; tibiis 

 anticis tridentatis ; antennis novies articulatis ; tarsorum 

 posticorum articulo prime secundo suboequali. Long., 

 5-5|^ mm. 

 AWiedi to L. picipennis, Germ. The clypeus is truncate in 

 front in the male, rounded in the female. 



Collected on Kangaroo Island on flowering shrubs by Mr. 

 Tepper, of the South Australian Museum, whose indefatigable 

 labours are very rapidly developing the national collection, and 

 who probably possesses the best knowledge of any living 

 person of the habits and localities of South Australian insects. 

 JL. simplex, sp. nov. Sub-hemisphaericus ; supra (pygidio pro- 

 pygidioque sparsim breviter griseo-hirtis exceptis) glaber ; 

 prothoracis lateribus capillis pallidis fimbriatis ; subtus 

 fulvo-pilosus ; nitidus ; niger, subiridescens, antennis 

 palpisque testaceis, pedibus elytrisque plus minusve rufes- 

 centibus ; clypeo antice rotundato-truncato (? alterutrius 

 sexus solum) crasse nee profunde, capite duplo (crebrius 

 subtiliter et sparsim fortius), prothorace sparsim minus 

 fortiter, elytris subseriatim sat fortiter, propygidio crebre 

 sat fortiter, pygidio sparsim profunde, punctatis ; striis 

 geminatis evidenter impressis ; propygidio permagno ; 

 tibiis anticis apice longe productis, margine externo minute 

 bidentato ; antennis novies- articulatis ; tarsorum posti- 

 corum articulis primo et secundo sat longis, subsequalibus. 

 Long., 7^ mm. 

 The sub-hemisphseric form of this species gives it a very 

 distinct appearance, and its anterior tibiae are peculiar, being 

 longitudinally produced at the apex after the manner of 

 DiplntcepTiala, while the external margin is interrupted above 

 the middle by a very small tooth, and below the middle by a 

 somewhat larger one. The puncturation of the pygidium is 

 moderately close at the extreme base, becoming very sparing 

 and very strong towards the apex. The insect may be best 

 placed perhaps not far from L. rotundipeiinis, Macl. 



