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in regarding this long series as representing but one species it is 

 distinguishable from all the other described Australian 

 Lcemophlad (except rigidus, OW., and difficilis^ Blackb.), of uniform 

 testaceous coloring (or only vaguely clouded with slight infusc- 

 ation) and having the front angles of the prothorax dentiform, 

 by the sublateral stride of its pronotum being much stronger in 

 their hind than in their fro.it half. Rigidics, Oil. (being quoted 

 as resembling Beccari, Gr., in outline) seems to be of decidedly 

 broader form than any of the specimens before me, and the 

 antennre of the female of diffiicilis, Blackb , seem to me too 

 decidedly shorter and more distinctly clubbed to be treated as 

 the result of mere variety — but I am not very confident that 

 even those two will stand permanently as really good species; 

 If I am right in thinking this widely distributed species distinct 

 from testaceiis, Fab., it will, I think, have to bear the name 

 Macleayi, OIL 



L. Austral asice, Blackb. This species is extremely distinct 

 from the preceding by inter alia the sublateral striae of its pro- 

 notum being dilated behind their middle into a large and deep 

 oval fovea. The coloring of the elytra to which I referred in my 

 original description is not a reliable character as I have recently 

 seen specimens in which the sub-apical inf uscation of the elytra is 

 only slightly developed. 



L. Frenchi^ sp. nov. Mas. Brevis; satlatus; modice depressus ; 

 minus nitidus ; brevissime sparsim pubescens ; nigro-piceus, 

 antennis pedibus scutello macula parva humerali elytrorum 

 apice et in elytrorum disco maculis nonnullis ferrugineis 

 (nonnullorum exemplorum capite et prothoracis disco nonnihil 

 rufescentibus) ; capite quam prothorax paullo angustiori, 

 confertim subtilissime punctulato, inter antennas late leviter 

 concavo et in medio linea longitudinali subtili impresso ; 

 antennis quam corpus haud multo brevioribus, articulis 

 basali quam sequentes 4 vix breviori ad apicem intus f ortiter 

 hamato, 2° subglobulo, 3° quam hie sat minori, 3° — 1° grad- 

 atim paullo longioribus, 8" breviori, 9° quam S*^' fere duplo 

 longiori, 9"* — 11° inter se subsequalibus ; prothorace fortiter 

 transverse supra creberrime vix perspicue punctulato, 

 utrinque subtiliter unistriato, inter striam et medium seg- 

 mentum longitudinaliter leviter concavo, lateribus modice 

 arcuatis, angulis anticis bene determinatis (haud dentiformi- 

 bus) acutis posticis acute rectis ; elytris striis dorsalibus 3 

 impressis, latera versus carinatis, interstitiis creberrime vix 

 perspicue punctulatis. 

 Fern, antennis quam corpus multo brevioribus, articulo basali 

 quam sequentes 2 conjuncta breviori, haud hamato. Long., 

 i 1.; lat., fo I, (vix). 



