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Hab. — Australia: Elder Expedition (R. Helms). Type, 

 1. 2931. 



The three specimens before me were very gummy and 

 were passed over by the late Rev. T. Blackburn when dealing 

 with the Cohoptf ra of the Elder Expedition. On being- 

 floated off and cleaned, however, two o( them are in condition 

 that leaves little to be desired. They are quite apterous, in 

 which they differ from Myllocents subapterns, which has 

 wings, although too small to be used for flight. 



SUBFAMILY LEPTOPSIDES. 



Leptops recukvus, n. sp. 



d" . Black. Rather densely clothed with white or whitish 

 scales, with stouter ones scattered about, but dense on legs. 



11 tad with small, concealed punctures. Rostrum rather 

 long, depressed along middle but not to base ; sublateral sulci 

 rather shallow and open posteriorly. Antenna? rather thin: 

 second joint of funicle longer than first. Vrothorar moder- 

 ately transverse, shallowly depressed along middle, surface 

 vermiculate, apex notched in middle. Elytra with rows of 

 large punctures, and with rows of tubercles on the third, 

 fifth, and seventh interstices, on the third and fifth rounded 

 towards base, but becoming subcorneal and larger posteriorly, 

 the largest crowning the posterior declivity, a small tubercle 

 where the third and fifth unite near apex, on the seventh 

 interstice the tubercles are fewer in number, but there is a 

 very conspicuous recurved one on the shoulder. Breast un- 

 armed. Legs rather long. Length, 9J-11 mm. 



9 . Differs in being larger (11-144 mm.), legs and 

 antenna? somewhat shorter, prothorax more transverse, and 

 elytra considerably wider, with smaller and more obtuse 

 tubercles. 



Hab. — South Australia : Port Lincoln (Blackburn's col- 

 lection). Type, I. 2719. 



This species was incorrectly identified by the late Rev. 

 T. Blackburn as hum er alts, and with some reservations I pre- 

 viously accepted that identification OU ; but it is readily dis- 

 tinguished from that species, and from all others of the genus. 

 by the strongly recurved humeral spine, which is alike on the 

 five specimens before me. 



Leptops robustus, Oliv. 

 humeraiiSj Germ. 

 Mr. Arrow informed me that the species I have as 

 robvstvs (and apparently correctly so) was named in the 



(21^ Sec note under robustus. 



