'^J'oiii'brioiiida' from Aiistr<ih'<i (uxl T<ifiiiuttiui. ol 



llcctus (inthracinns. IM. XJI. \v^. G. 

 //. modicc convexu8,8enco-niger, nitidissimus ; elytris vagc ct sparse 



I^niictatis. 



J [(d), Kockhampton. 



Moderately convex, not depressed, brassy black, very glossy ; 

 head and piotliorax finely pnnctured, anterior angles of the 

 latter strongly prcxlueed and acnniinate; scuteHuni nearly 

 eqnilaterally triangular ; elytra a little broader than the pro- 

 thorax at the base, their sides slightly parallel, not broader 

 behind, sparingly and irregularly punctured, the [)uneture.s of 

 moderate size ; body beneath and legs brownish black, very 

 glossy ; antennae dark ferruginous. Length 6 line.s. 



Lep ispilus * Styg ianus, 

 L. niger, nitidiis ; prothorace brevi, valde transverse, angiilis anticis 

 haud producto, rotundato. 



Hah. "Alps of Victoria." 



Entirely black, glabrous, shining ; head small compara- 

 tively ; clypeus not distinctly separated from the front, its 

 punctures not more crowded than those on the rest of the 

 head ; prothorax short, very transverse, minutely punctured, 

 anterior angles not produced, broadly rounded; scutellum 

 eqnilaterally triangular; elytra large, very convex, much 

 broader behind (probably in ? only), with rather fine punctures 

 irregularly crowded, and here and there almost obliterated, 

 with no traces of lines or foveated impressions ; body beneath 

 and legs glabrous and glossy, the tibiaj thickly punctured and 

 strongly dilated at the tips. Length 10 lines. 



Radically distinct from its only congener {L. suIcicoUis^ 

 Hope) in its colour, sculpture, absence of pubescence, and 

 form of prothorax. My specimen appears to be a female. 



Altes. 

 Subfamily Cyphalein^. 



Corpus longe pilosiim. 



Antennce breves, art. duobus penultimis transversis. 

 Tihioi Hneares, ant. et interm. haud calcaratic. 

 Tarsi postici art. basali breviusculo. 



These characters separate this genus from Chartopteryx,, 

 Westw., to which I had doubtfully referred the species {C. hi- 

 nodosa) constituting its tyi)e. It is perhaps the most remark- 

 able of all the Cyphaleinai, on account of tlie large hump at 

 the base of each elytron, precisely as in the l^razilian genera 



* Westwood, Arcan. Ent. i. 44. 



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