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(wMcli is its widest part) is somewliat emarginate and is a 

 little wider thau the width of the apex of the front tibia, 

 being about two-thirds as wide as the joint is long. The second 

 joint springs from the external apex of the first joint, than 

 which it is a half shorter ; it is very strongly dilated on the 

 inner side, in such fashion that it is fully as wide as the apex 

 of the basal joint and is slightly longer on the inner than the 

 outer side, its inner face being emarginate. The third joint is 

 two-thirds of the length and less than half the width" of the 

 second, it is dilated on the inner side and is slightly wider 

 than long. The next six joints resemble it in shape and 

 length, except that the dilatation of each in succession becomes 

 less, and so the joint narrower in proportion to its length. 

 The apical joint is quite slender and about twice as long as 

 the ninth. Thus the apical eight joints form an aggregate 

 wide at the base and tapering regularly to a point at the 

 summit. The head is scarcely shining, coarsely and closely 

 punctured ; prothorax with the black space shining and spar- 

 ingly and strongly punctured, the yellow margins sub-opaque 

 and coarsely punctured. The puncturation of the elytra is 

 sparing and not very strong about the base and apex ; towards 

 the middle coarse and close with a tendency to transverse 

 wrinkling. The whole insect is sparingly clothed with long 

 hairs. The prothorax is once and two thirds as wide as long 

 and is five-sixths the width of the elytra ; the latter are almost 

 parallel-sided. The markings vary in colour from yellow to 

 yellowish red. 



I have not seen this insect except from the Port Lincoln 

 district. The female is unknown to me. 

 L. nodiGornis, sp. nov. (mas.) Cyaneus ; antennis, capite, pro- 



thorace, elytris, pedibus, et corpore subtus in parte rufo- 



flavis. 



Antennarum articulo secundo primo plus duplo ma j ore, 

 prime exterue dentato. Long. 2 1. 



On the head, the front of the clypeus, and the cheeks are 

 testaceous or red ; also on the antennae, the upper external 

 margin of the basal and whole upper surface of the second 

 joints ; on the prothorax the whole surface except the middle 

 of the base ; on the elytra a fascia in the middle resembling 

 that of the preceding species but less produced on the suture 

 and margins, and a large apical spot ; on the underside the 

 hind margins of the ventral segments ; the anterior legs are 

 pitchy testaceous. The basal joint of the antennae is of the 

 length of the diameter of the eye and is somewhat pear shaped 

 with the external margin produced into a large blunt tooth • 

 the second joint forms a large roundish disc, in area a little 



