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Hab. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine (A. M. Lea); 

 New South Wales: Blue Mountains (H. J. Carter). Type, 

 I. 6673. 



The male in general appearance is much like many females 

 of grandis, and has very similar antennae to the female of 

 that species; the type probably would have been considered 

 a variety of grandis, but from the tip of its abdomen an 

 oedeagus is protruding, its abdomen is not longitudinally 

 carinated at the base, and its hind tibiae are not conspicuously 

 dentate. The specimen in Mr. Carter's collection also has a 

 protruding oedeagus, but the coppery tinge on its elytra is 

 less pronounced than on the type. A specimen from Mount 

 Tambourine is perhaps a female ; it differs from the type in 

 having the elytra somewhat wider posteriorly, and basal joint 

 of antennae shorter. 



Lagria erythroptera, n. sp. 



d" . Reddish ; elytra with a vague bluish or coppery 

 gloss, head and prothorax of a dark dingy blue, in places 

 diluted with red, four or five basal joints of antennae reddish, 

 the others black, base of femora reddish, rest of legs blackish 

 with a more or less distinct bluish gloss. Clothed with rather 

 long, straggling, whitish hairs and pubescence. 



Head with crowded and rather coarse punctures. 

 Antennae rather short, first joint stout, distinctly shorter than 

 third, second small, seventh-tenth increasing in width, and 

 combined slightly longer than eleventh. Prothorax sub- 

 cylindrical, slightly longer than wide ; punctures much as on 

 head. Elytra much wider than prothorax, sides dilated to 

 beyond the middle; punctures larger than on prothorax, but 

 not so crowded. Length, 7-8 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland : Mackay (C. French and Blackburn's 

 collection, from R. E. Turner). Type, I. 6671. 



A small species, with conspicuously reddish elytra. I 

 can find no distinctive external features indicative of sex, but 

 from each of the specimens an oedeagus is protruding. 



Lagria tenuicollis, n. sp. 



o . Black ; head and prothorax with an obscure bluish 

 gloss, elytra with an obscure purplish gloss; legs and under- 

 surface piceous. Moderately clothed with somewhat depressed, 

 ashen pubescence. 



Head with crowded punctures. Antennae not very thin, 

 first joint stout and slightly longer than third, tenth lightly, 

 the ninth rather strongly produced to one side at apex, 

 eleventh granulate, slightly longer than three preceding joints 

 combined. Prothorax subcylindrical, distinctly longer than 



