347 



Belongs to A of the 1906 table of the genus. The scales-- 

 are really very different to those of glaucus, but apart from 

 these it differs from that species in being smaller, rostrum 

 somewhat shorter, scrobes very different, alternate interstices 

 of elytra less conspicuously elevated, and punctures, etc., 

 different. Its general appearance is somewhat like that of 

 orthodoxus or fratercvhis, but the elytra are completely 

 devoid of tubercles. On one specimen the legs and elytra 

 are obscurely diluted with red, on the other they are almost 

 or quite black. The scales vary on the two specimens, on one 

 being almost entirely of various shades of pale golden-green ; 

 on the other, on the upper-surface, most of the scales are pale 

 stramineous-brown, but on its under-surface and legs many 

 of its scales are more or less golden-green or golden. The 

 setae are long and thin on the muzzle, legs, and under-surface, 

 rather sparse and stout on the prothorax, and fairly stout 

 but not conspicuous on the elytra, where they are fairly 

 numerous on the even and sparse on the odd interstices. The 

 sculpture of the upper-surface of the rostrum is almost con- 

 cealed bv the clothing- ; a narrow median carina is distinct, 

 but between this and the scrobes the surface appears to be 

 irregularly punctate or granulate and without any conspicu- 

 ous ridges or grooves; the scrobes are very shallow posteriorly, 

 dilated there, and almost touch the lower-half of the eyes. 



Leptops suturalis, n. sp. 



Black. Very densely clothed with pale-ashen scales, 

 interspersed with numerous stout but not very conspicuous- 

 setae. 



Head with an obtuse swelling near each eye ; inter-ocular 

 fovea long and deep. Rostrum short and stout, median 

 carina conspicuous from inter-ocular fovea to apical plate ; 

 sublateral sulci short, deep, and closed by the obtuse swellings 

 on head ; scrobes deep and sinuous, turned upwards alongside 

 of eyes. Antennae short and stout ; first joint of funicle 

 about as long as second and third combined, second to seventh 

 all distinctly transverse.- Prothorax almost as long as wide; 

 surface roughly veriniculate, with an interrupted median, 

 groove. Elytra elliptic-ovate, base truncate ; with rows of 

 large, partially-concealed punctures, regular only on sides; 

 suture, third, fifth, and seventh interstices tuberculate. 

 Length, 12-15 mm. 



Hah. — Western Australia: Cue (H. W. Brown) ; 

 Northern Territory: Barrow Creek (F. R. W. Scott). Type, 

 I. 5536. 



Regarding the head as tuberculate, this species, in the 

 1906 table of the genus, would be associated with roncnviceps T 



