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head, constricted slightly more towards apex than near base, 
ith à transve i i 
punctures. Hlytra about as wide as head, s 
parallel, but becoming gradually dilated behind the middle 
then rounded at apex, with rows of rather large clearly- 
defined punctures becoming smaller posteriorly and disappear- 
ing at apex. Length, 4 mm. 
Hab.—South Australia: Mount Lofty Ranges (R. J. 
Burton, S. H. Curnow, J. G. O. Tepper, A. H. Elston), 
Kangaroo Island (A. M. Lea). Type, I. 10833, in South 
m 
more conspicuous, and the post-median fascia absent. 
L. BASIFLAVA, var. FASCIATA, n. var. 
sented by two semi-detached spots, and on two the apical 
joints of the antennae are infuscate, one specimen has a tinge 
of red near the apex of the prothorax. Length, 4 mm. 
Hab.—South Australia: Kangaroo Island (A. M. Lea), 
Mount Lofty Ranges (A. H. Elston). 
L. AURICOMA, n. sp. ; 
i Pi -brown, head and prothorax black with a slight 
metallic gloss; mandibles, antennae, palpi, and legs flavous, 
the hind tarsi more or less infuscate; elytra with a pale 
L aurfüce with. los n a d 
. Surface with long, straggling, pale hairs becoming shorter and 
|. MA B E. Bag., 1907, p. 334. 
