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sed elytrorum puncturarum seriebus minus subtilibus et 

 interstitiis aliter punctulatis, — puncturis parvis sparsim 

 in?equaliter et (in alternis interstitiis) puncturis multo 

 majoribus seriatis insigniter impressis. Long., If 1.; lat., 1 ]. 

 Differs from the preceding two species by the absence of mark- 

 ings on its elytra and also by the elytral puncturation,— the 

 systematic rows of close punctures consisting of distinctly larger 

 punctures, the finer (confused) puncturation of the interstices 

 being very evidently less close and less fine, and the seriate punc 

 tures of the alternate intestices being notably larger and more 

 •conspicuous. Also resembles L. major, Blackb., in size and 

 colour ; but that species is of wider build and less narrowed 

 behind, the interstices of its elytra are notably more closely and 

 evenly punctulate, the seriate punctures of its alternate inter- 

 stices are considerably less conspicuous, and the eighth joint of 

 its antennae is much more elongate. L. alternans, Blackb., is 

 smaller, of a different colour, with all the elytral puacturation 

 (except the seriate punctures of the interstices) much finer and 

 with the club of its antennte very much narrower. 



Victoria ; Dividing Range. 

 L. perparvus, sp. no v. Ovalis ; nitidus ; minus convexus ; niger, 

 pronoto picescente, palpis antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis ; 

 antennarum articulis 3" quam 4''' dimidio lon^iori, 4° longiori 

 quam latiori, b" 4° a^quali, 6" — 8° inter se sat ^equalibus 

 brevibus transversis, Si" sat magno vix trans verso, 10" quam 

 9''' paullo breviori sat transverso, 11° quam 10''' 9*"' que con- 

 juncti paullo breviori nee angustiori ; capite subtiliter con- 

 fertim punctulato ; prothorace fortiter transverso, supra fere 

 ut caput punctulato sed minus crebre et puncturis multo 

 majoribus nonnullis intermixtis, stria laterali fere ad apicem 

 continua et breviter secundum marginem anticum producta ; 

 elytris seriatim subtiliter punctulatis (basin versus fere 

 Isevibus), interstitiis fere kevibus sed alternis puncturis dis- 

 tinctis inter se distantibus seriatim impressis ; tarsis pos- 

 ticis sat robustis, articulo basali quam 2*^^ circiter duplo 

 longiori. Long., 1 1. (vix) ; lat., 'i 1. 

 This minute Phalacrid seems to be rather an isolated Litocrus. 

 Its undersurface of dark color together with its small size 

 separate it superficially from most of its congeners. In the 

 species with which it is associated by the presence of well 

 defined seriate puncturation on its alternate elytral interstices 

 the lateral stria of the pronotum does not nearly follow the out- 

 line of the segment but turns obliquely inward and meets the 

 front margin considerably within the front angle, so that the 

 front corner is cut off into the form of a triangle, but in this 

 species it nearly reaches the front margin before bending, and 



