the Ausfrab'dn ('urculiuiiidiv. iM 



spared it to mo from liis ])rivate collection. There are two 

 more examples in the British Museum. 



Lcptops iUacus. 



L. obovatus, nigor, omniiio dense gnseo-!i(|U!iniosus ; rostro sat ro- 

 busto, quam capite duplo longiore, in niodio late subsulcato ; 

 antennis squamosis, funiculo art. soiundi) (juani ])rimo paido 

 longiore ; oeulis late ovatis, infra rotinulati.s ; protliorace 8ub- 

 cylindrico, loniritudine latitudini axiuali, svqira ruposo, in medio 

 obsolete carinato ; scutello distincto, rotundato ; elytris breviter 

 obovatis, postice sensim latioribus, magis convcxis ct subito 

 declivibus, striato-punctatis, punctis parvis vix apj^roxiraatis, in- 

 terstitiis tertio quintoque elevatis, subtuberculatis, tubereulo \\\- 

 timo majusculo desinente, lateribus verticalibus albidis, apice 

 rotundato ; pedibus squarais olongatis dispersis. Long. 5-6 lin. 



IMk Cape York. 



Like L. sqiioh'dics, but the rostrum is differently sculptured. 

 The form of the eye is somewhat opposed to Lacordaire's 

 definition of Lopfops, as it is in some other species ; but that 

 character in this genus seems to be only of specific value. 



Leptops ctcatrtcosns. 



L. obovatus, niger, squamulis sordide argenteis ubique densissime 

 vestitus, squamisque majoribus olongatis silaceis vage adspersis ; 

 rostro robusto, in medio sulcato, sulcis lateralibus distinctis, scro- 

 bibus arcuatis ab oeulis remote desinentibus ; antennis dense 

 squamosis, clava nigricante ; oeulis angustis, infra rotundatis ; 

 prothorace subcylindrico longitudinc latitudini aquali, supra sub- 

 transversim crebre tuberculato, longitudinaliter sulcato, iu medio 

 sulci cannula abbre\-iata nigra nitida notato ; scutello distincto, 

 oblongo ; elytris breviter ovatis, postice sensim latioribus et 

 subito declivibus, seriatim piuictatis, punctis parvis, remotis, 

 interstitiis tertio septimo(pie tuberculatis, tubereulo ultimo pone 

 medium majusculo, parte declivi baud tuberculato ; tibiis sparse 

 pilosis. Long. o| lin. 



Hah. Queensland. 



In colour like L. riarvs, Enc, but readily distinguished by 

 the glossy black ridge in the groove on the prothorax. 



Leptops ovalijyenms. 

 L. ovatus, niger, griseo fuscoque squamosus ; capite rostroque 

 rugoso-squamosis, hoc valido, apicem versus vix incrassato, supra 

 bisulcato ; scrobibus arcuatis, ad oculos approximatis ; prothorace 

 transverse, pone apicem utrinque fere parallelo, in medio sulcis 

 duobus transversis tenuiter impresso, ad latei'a riigoso-punctato ; 

 scutello perparvulo, distincto ; elytris ovalibus, paulo ampliatis. 

 baud nodosis, substriato-puuctatis. singulatim lineis quatuor parum 



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