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Head wide with rather sparse punctures, interocular 
impressions feeble. Prothorax about as long as wide, narrower 
than head with sparse punctures more or less concealed, but 
in places subconfluent, sides dilated near the middle, with 
transverse impressions subapical and subbasal. Z/ytra wider 
than prothorax, sides parallel but becoming slightly dilated 
towards the apex, with numerous well-defined punctures 
becoming smaller posteriorly and disappearing at apex. 
Length, 3 mm. 
Hab.— Queensland: Cairns district (F. P. Dodd). Type, 
I. 10832, in South Australian Museum. 
touching the median fascia. In Lea's table the typical form 
would be referred to /// and there associated with flavifrons, 
from which it differs in being smaller and háving the front 
L. AURICOMA, var. FLAVIVENTRIS, n. var. 
Differs from the previous species in having front of head 
ànd abdomen flavous. 
L. VARIABILIS, n. sp. (fig. 2). 
