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very different clothing and clypeus; the clypeus is considerably 

 (but not deeply as in abnormalis) emarginate in the male, 

 and rather lightly incurved at the apex in the female, but 

 regarding the species as belonging to EE, of Group 7, it could 

 be referred to H, but to neither I nor II, as the clypeus is 

 not at all tridentate. In general appearance, however, it 

 appears to belong to Groups 1 or 2, but the prothorax entirely 

 glabrous (except for the lateral margins) forbids its being 

 referred to either. In Macleay's divisions it would readily fall 

 into the first subsection of Section 1. The elytral fringe is 

 of an unusual character, and apparently takes the place of 

 the apical membrane of other species. Each of the long hairs 

 of the hind parts arises from a puncture. On the type the 

 hind femora are almost entirely black, a smaller proportion 

 of the middle ones, and a still smaller proportion of the front 

 ones are black, the hind parts are of a dingier red than the 

 elytra. On the female the whole of the abdomen and femora 

 are brightly reddish, the clypeus is diluted with red at the 

 apex, and the prothorax is of the same shade of red as the 

 elytra, except in front, where it is rather deeply infuscated ; 

 its scutellum also is red. • 



LlPARETRUS OBSCURIOR, 11. sp. 



PI. xxxvii., fig. 124. 



Black ; elytra blackish, slightly iridescent. Sterna with 

 dense whitish hair, a fringe of somewhat similar hair on each 

 side of pronotum, rest of upper-surface glabrous; abdomen 

 with dense white adpressed pubescence, and each segment 

 with a row of long hairs ; hind parts with stouter setae (almost 

 scales) than on rest of abdomen, but lower part of pygidium 

 glabrous. 



Head with small, non-confluent punctures, crowded on 

 sides, but somewhat sparser in middle, and becoming sparser 

 and slightly larger on clypeus ; sides of clypeus moderately 

 elevated and evenly decreasing in width to apex, which is 

 more elevated and truncated, but with rounded sides. 

 Antennae nine- jointed. Prothorax with sides strongly rounded, 

 hind angles widely rounded off, front ones rather strongly 

 produced and acute ; median line feeble, and only distinct at 

 base, with sharply defined but rather small punctures, 

 crowded on sides, somewhat sparser in middle. Elytra with 

 larger but sparser punctures than on pronotum ; geminate- 

 striae well-defined. Hind parts with crowded, partially- 

 concealed punctures. Front tibiae strongly tridentate; basal 

 joint of hind tarsi distinctly shorter than second. Length, 

 7-8 mm. 



