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Maris segmento dorsali 7^ apice emargiriato, feminge late 

 rotundato. Long., 1| 1. 



Easily distinguishable from L. sidneense, Fauv., by the pale 

 coloring of the antennae not extending beyond the 4th joint and 

 joints 6-10 being quite (7-10 very) strongly transverse, joint 10 

 fully twice as wide as long. Also distinguished by its larger 

 size, robuster build, evidently longer elytra, less nitid and more 

 evidently punctulate pronotum, less slender hind body, darker 

 palpi and legs, tfec. I refer to this species examples from the 

 Victorian mountains having elytra a trifle shorter and slightly 

 more closely and finely punctulate, which, however, may possibly 

 represent a distinct species. 



Tasmania (Mount Wellington). 



L. lugens, sp. nov. Minus nitidum ; pube subtili ferruginea 

 vestitum ; totum nigro-piceum ; antennis sat brevibus, 

 articulis 5° 6^ que vix (7° — 10^ sat fortiter, gradatim magis 

 fortiter) transversis ; capite prothoraceque confertim per- 

 spicue, elytris crebre minus subtiliter subasperatim, abdomine 

 vix magis fortiter (apicem versus sparsim) punctulatis ; pro- 

 thorace fere ut L. validi conformato; elytris quam prothorax 

 subangustioribus, ad suturam huic longitudine requalibus, 

 conjunctim leviter transversis. Long., 1 1, (vix). 



Easily distinguishable from its described Australian congeners 

 by its entirely dark antennae, palpi and legs. Compared with 

 Sidneense it differs also by its wider form, its much less nitid and 

 much more conspicuously punctulate head and prothorax and by 

 the distinctly closer subasperate puncturation of its elytra. The 

 abdominal segments of my unique example are unfortunately 

 much drawn into each other and therefore cannot be described 

 very exactly. The specimen is a female and has the apex of its 

 seventh dorsal segment widely rounded. This segment seems to 

 be more finely and sparsely punctulate than in the other described 

 Australian species. It is a trifle smaller (allowing for the shortage 

 of the hind body) than any of my specimens of sidneense. The 

 base of the elytra is distinctly narrower than the base of the 

 prothorax. 



X. elegantulum, sp. nov. Minus nitidum ; pube subtili testacea 

 vestitum ; testaceum, abdomine rufo, antennarum articulis 

 apicalibus 4 infuscatis, abdomine setis nigris instructo ; 

 antennarum articulis 6° — 10° sat fortiter transversis ; capite 

 prothoraceque coftfertim subtilissime (minus perspicue), 

 elytris confertim subtilissime (nihilominus nuUo modo 

 obsolete), abdomine minus subtiliter multo minus confertim, 

 punctulatis ; prothorace fere ut L. validi conformato sed 

 perspicue minus fortiter transverso ; elytris quam prothorax 



