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LAMELLICORNES. 

 LIPAKETRUS. 



L. Sedajii, sp. nov. Ovatus ; nitidus ; niger, elytris (margini- 

 bus anticis, et lateralibus post medium, inf uscatis exceptis) 

 rufis, autennis (clava excepta) palpis tarsisque plus minusve 

 rufescentibus ; clypeo antice rotundato- truncate reflexo et 

 capite obsolete bituberculato confertim rugosius, pro- 

 tborace late leviter canaliculato longe nigro-piloso sparsim 

 subtiliter, elytris sparsim fortius, pygidio propygidioque 

 longe albido-hirsutis (illo vix evidenter carinato) confuse 

 sparsim, punctatis ; striis gemiuatis minus evidenter im- 

 pressis ; tibiis anticis (? alter utrius sexus solum) obtuse 

 bidentatis ; antennis 9-articulatis ; tarsorum posticorum 

 articulo primo secundo subaequali; subtus albido-pubescens. 

 Long., 8 mm. 

 Just above tbe upper of the two teeth on one of the anterior 

 tibiae in the specimen described there is a rather distinct sinua- 

 tion, suggestive of a very rudimentary third tooth, which is 

 probably a deformity, as I cannot trace it on the other front 

 tibia. The insect is closely allied to my oiigrouinhratus, from 

 which it differs in having a well defined and broad — though 

 shallow — longitudinal furrow on the thorax, in having the 

 thorax and pygidium very finely instead of coarsely sculptured, 

 and the latter clothed with white pilosity. A single specimen 

 has been presented to me by Mr. Eothe, of Sedan. 

 L. perplexus, ^^.noY. Ovatus; minus nitidus ; rufo-brunneus, 

 capite prothorace tibiisque nigrescentibus, antennis pal- 

 pisque testaceis, elytris antice subinfuscatis ; clypeo 

 antice reflexo subtruncato capite et prothorace pilis longis 

 nigris erectis instructis crasse sat crebre punctatis, hoc 

 pilis albidis adpressis instructo et ad latera basinque pilis 

 longis albidis fimbriato ; elytris confuse fortius sat crebre 

 punctatis, pilis erectis (antice longis postice brevioribus) 

 nigrescentibus instructis, striis geminatis nullis ; pygidio 

 propygidioque sat crasse punctatis, pilis albidis adpressis 

 crebre, et pilis longissimis cinereis erectis sat sparsim, in- 

 structis ; tibiis anticis (? alterutrius sexus solum) fortiter 

 tridentatis ; antennis 8-articulatis ; tarsorum posticorum 

 articulo primo secundo sat longiore ; tarsis omnibus gra- 

 cillimis ; subtus cinereo-pilosus. Long., 7 mm. 

 I do not think this remarkable insect has any near ally. 

 Probably its place in the genus should be next to L. ferrugineus, 

 Blanch, in common with which it possesses eight-jointed antennae, 

 and a large exposed propygidium ; but the remarkable erect 

 pilosity of the elytra, very long in front and gradually decreas- 

 ing in length till it is very short behind, and the double 



