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"being evidently more tlian balf as long as tlie second distin- 

 guishes tliis species from many of its allies — the non-sinuosity 

 of the sides of its clypeus from others — and the Mcschidius-Wke 

 nature of its puncturation distinguishes it from all its des- 

 cribed congeners of the hasalis group that approach it in size. 



There is a single specimen in the South Australian Museum, 

 Adelaide. 



L. hicolor, sp. nov. Oblongo-ovalis ; crasse nee prof unde punc- 



tatus ; nigro-piceus ; antennis (clava excepta), palpis, 



pedibus anterioribus et intermediis, tarsis posterioribus, 



elytris, pygidio et prop3'gidio plus minusye rufis ; capita, 



prothorace, scutello, pygidio propygidioque longe aureo- 



pilosis ; prothoraci in disco capillis nigrescentibus ; elytris 



subseriatim puncturatis, puncturis singulis (his in pygidio 



propygidioque etiam) squamas singulas minutas ferentibus ; 



interstitiis alternis obscure elevatis ; clypeo reflexo antice 



truncate, lateribus leviter emarginatis ; tibiis anticis apice 



bidentatis, basi vix dentatis ; tarsis posticis gracilibus, 



articulo secundo prime circiter triple, longiore ; subtus 



sat sparsim aureo-hirtus ; antennis 8-articulatis. Long., 



7^ mm. 



This is an obscure little species distinguished by its McecJii- 



.dius-\\kQ puncturation, the peculiar sculpture of its elytra, and 



the very slender hind tarsi, with unusually long second joint. 



It probably resembles striatipennis, MacL, but is smaller, and 



differs in the colour of the thoracic pilosity, of the elytra, &c., 



.and, as Mr. Macleay does not mention the puncturation o£ 



striatipennis as being of the IIcEchidius type, probably in that 



respect also. 



A single specimen in the South Australian Museum, Ade- 

 laide, is ticketed as having been taken at Summerton. 

 Jj. p^amdatus, B-p. nov. Oblongo-ovalis; nigro-piceus ; antennis 

 (clava excepta), palpis pedibusque plus minusve rufescen- 

 tibus ; capite prothoraceque fortius nee crebre granulatis, 

 granulis singulis squamas singulas pallidas adpressas 

 ferentibus ; elytris brevibus postice attenuatis seriatim 

 granulatis, granulis (ut prothoracis) setigeris ; pygidio 

 propygidioque (cTque ac prothorax) granulatis setulosisque; 

 hoc permagno ; illius disco toto excavate nitido, excava- 

 tione intra canaliculata, antice tuberculo obtuse instructa ; 

 clypeo antice truncate, lateribus sat emarginatis ; tibiis 

 anticis bidentatis ; tarsorum posteriorum articulo secundo 

 prime duplo longiore ; subtus granulatus, setis longioribus 

 pallidis instructus ; antennis S-articulatis. Long., 6|- mm. 

 Small as it is, I consider this the most remarkable Z//?ffr<?i^rMs 

 I have seen. Its sculpture throughout is exaggeratedly 

 McecJii dues-like. Its elytra are scarcely longer than the dis- 



