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FURTHER NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 
Laius. 
]j. VARIEGATUS, Sp.nOV. 
Sparsim longe nigro-hirsutus ; supra colore variegatus ; capite 
cyaneo ; prothorace fulvo, autice transversim late nigro-uni-lineato, 
disco maculatim infuscato ; scutello cyaneo ; elytris aureo-flavis, 
basi cyaneis, pone medium fascia versicolori (secundum marginem 
lateralem et suturam et circum apicem continuata) instructis j 
corpore subtus, antennis (articulis 3 basalibus flavis exceptis) 
femoribusque nigro-fuscis, tibiis tarsisque rufescentibus ; capite 
subtilissime (antice crebre postice sparsim) punctulato ; prothorace 
quam longiori tertia parte latiori vix evidenter punctulato ; elytris 
crebre fortius rugulose punctulatis. [Long. 2|, lat. li lines. 
On each elytron the base is entirely occupied by a cyaneous 
patch, which is exti’emely narrow at the suture and moderately so 
on the lateral margin, but on the disc runs down the elytron 
nearly a third of its length ; a little behind the middle there 
commences a mark (of a reddish-brown colour variegated with 
cyaneous) the front margin of which is a curve extending from 
the lateral margin (about a third of the length of the elytra from 
the apex) to the suture very near its apex, and including the 
whole space to the apex except a large round spot of golden yellow 
colour similar to that of the middle part of the elytra. The basal 
joint of the antennae in the specimen before me (I am doubtful of 
its sex) is elongate piriform, equal in length to the next two 
together ; the 2nd springs from the external apex of the first (so 
that the antennae appear to be geniculated in an external direction) 
and is longer than the next two together ; the rest become gradu- 
ally longer and more slender. 
Northern Territory of S. Australia ; collected by Mr. J. P. 
Tepper. 
L. MAJOR, sp.nov. 
Sparsim longe hirsutus ; supra colore variegatus ; capite nigro, 
antice cum labro rufo, inaequali, subtiliter sat crebre punctulato ; 
prothorace rufo, quam in medio longiori quinta parte latiori, vix 
