BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 847 



of Mcechidius ; the interstices are quite flat, impunctate, and 

 rather niticl. The hind femora are not particulai-ly stout, the 

 basal joint of the hind tarsi is not much longer than the second, 

 and the claws have the quill-like appendage frequent in species 

 of this genus. 



Seems to resemble M. bilobiceps, Fairm., and Alhertisi, Fairm., 

 but both those species are described as having the rows of punc- 

 tures on the elytra running in pairs, the former having the 

 thoracic sculpture obsolete at the sides, the latter the sides of the 

 prothorax sinuate behind, besides other difl^erences. From M. rufus, 

 Hope (of which I have a specimen before me), the totally different 

 structure of the hind legs, besides many other differences, will at 

 once distinguish this insect. 



Northera Territory of S. Austi-alia; taken by Mr. J. P. 



Tepper. 



LiPARETRUs Palmerstoni, sp.nov. 



Ovatus ; sat nitidus \ ferrugineu.s, capite postice et (nonnullis 

 exemplis) tibiis, tarsis, abdomineque obscurioribus ; longe sparsim 

 hirsutus, sat spai'sim punctulatus \ tarsorum posticorum articulo 

 primo secundo breviori ; tibiis anticis externe hand dentatis ; 

 clypeo concavo producto,— maris antice late emarginato, angulis 

 anticis subacutis, — feminae antice truncato, angulis anticis rotun- 

 dato-obtusis ; antennis 9-articulatis. 



[Long. 2^ lines, lat. li lines (vix). 



This species belongs to Mr. Macleay's first section of the genus, 

 and is much smaller than any other of that section previously 

 described. The long sparing pubescence with which it is clothed 

 seems to be entirely wanting on the elytra, which are very short, 

 leaving a great deal of the propygidium exposed, — neither it nor 

 the pygidium has any trace of a keel. The inner two pairs of strife 

 on the elytra are tolerably distinct, their interstices however being 

 punctured in a coarse rather sparing manner uniformly with the 

 general surface. The hind tibite and tarsi are nearly black in most 

 examples. The anterior tibiae are much prolonged at the apex. 



Northern Territory of S. Australia; collected by Mr. J. P. 

 Tepper. 



