912 THE INSECTS OF THE VICINITY OF KINg’s SOUND, 
a little emarginate, each elytron being separately rounded. The 
anterior tibiie are sti’ongly tridentate. 
Long. 4, lat. 1| lines. 
153. Liparetrus radius, n.sp. 
Of the group of L. ruhifactus and rujipennis ; of a reddish- 
chestnut colour, nitid, glabrous above, beneath slightly cinereo 
villose. Head densely punctate, blackish, the clypeal suture 
nearly straight, the clypeus narrowed a little to the apex, which 
is broadly truncate and squarely angled, the angles in the male 
almo.st pointed. Thorax ti’ansverse, finely punctate, much wider 
than the head, the anterior angles acute, the sides moderately 
rounded, the posterior angles and the base broadly rounded, the 
median line traceable only and very slightly near the apex, a 
brownish callus near the middle of each side. Elytra wider than 
the thora.x, and nearly as wide as long, densely, finely and rather 
rugosely punctate, with three rather faint geminate striae, and a 
strong sutural stria on each elytron, and a small callus near each 
humeral angle. The propygidium and pygidium large, convex 
and completely uncovered, and finely punctate. The legs and 
abdomen piceous-red, the anterior tibiae bluntly tridentate exter- 
nally, the first joint of the posterior tarsi scarcely so long as the 
second. 
Long. 3|, lat. 2 lines. 
154. Liparetrus lanaticollis, n.sp. 
Belonging to the L. phcenicopterus section. Testaceous, nitid, 
and, excepting the elytra, cinereo-villose. Head blackish, punctate, 
clypeus wide, square and reflected in front. Thorax piceous, 
almost black in front, transverse, thinly and rugosely punctate, 
truncate in front and rounded on the sides, posterior angles and 
base. Elytra wider than the thorax and considerably widened 
towards the apex, very I’ound and a little dehiscent at the apex, 
distinctly but finely striate-punctate, and of a very pale glossy 
testaceous colour. Pygidium and propygidium very convex^ and 
exposed, and very minutely punctate. Anterior tibiae unidentate, 
the first joint of the posterior tarsi scarcely so long as the second. 
Long. 25 lines. 
