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"albicans," the male (the only sex having three reddish lines 
at the base) being clothed with (to the naked eye) deep black 
scales, except along the suture and sides of elytra and middle 
of prothorax. 
In the type female the deciduous mandibular processes are 
present; they are long (nearly as long as the three basal joints 
of funicle), thin, curved towards apex, and sharp internally. 
LEPTOPS SPINOSUS, Fahrs.* 
‘This species (which I have from Swan River, Bridgetown, 
Donnybrook, Karridale, and Lake Muir) is common and 
variable. Specimens under examination range in length 
from 7 to 15 mm. (rostrum included). When alive and fresh 
they are usually densely covered with small, round, white 
Scales and short, whitish sete, mixed with a pale ochreous 
dust or meal. The clothing, however, is easily abraded, and 
the dust is lost in alcohol. In many specimens the scales 
become sooty and form a large discal patch on the elytra and 
occasionally on the prothorax; occasionally the whole of the 
scales have a rosy or golden gloss. In the female the tu- 
bercles are less numerous than in the male, are usually (but 
not always) obtuse, and in some specimens the lateral series 
almost vanish. The median prothoracie excavation disap- 
pears in some specimens. The rostrum is usually indistinctly 
carinate; sometimes the carina is very distinct, or it may be 
even replaced by a shallow groove. 
ПЕРТОР8 SQUALIDUS, Bohem. 
L. Hopet is undoubtedly a synonym of this species, as 
queried by Fahræus in describing it, and so noted by Mr. 
Pascoe.} It is one of the most common and destructive 
species of the genus. 
LEPTOPS (CHRYSOLOPUS) TUBERCULATUS, W. S. Мас]. 
In Masters’ catalogue tuberculatus is credited to Bohemann. 
It appears to be the same species (and probably the same 
specimen) described by W. 8. Масісау.| Bohemann marked 
it as Hope M.S., having evidently been unaware (as pointed 
out by Sir Wm. Macleay)|| of the existence of W. S. Macleay's 
paper. 
LEPTOPS ECHIDNA, W. S. Macl. 
The type specimen of this species with the label attached 
“Chrysolopus (7) echidna, McL., New Holland, Capt. King," 
* I have little doubt but that my identification of this species is 
correct, and further that L. dorsatus, Pasc. is one (there are pro- 
bably others) of its synonyms. 
ТІ Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1873, p. 3. 
t King’s Survey П., app. p. 445. 
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