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head, constricted slightly more towards apex than near base, 

 with a transverse impression near apex and a moderately 

 large depression near middle of base, with a few scattered 

 punctures. Elytra about as wide as head, sides near base 

 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 

 Australian Museum. 



At first this was thought to be a variety of eocilis, but it 

 differs from that species in having the prothorax black, the 

 sub-basal depression less transverse, and the elytral punctures 

 in rows and more clearly defined. In some of the specimens 

 the apical joints of the antennae are more or less inf uscate ; 

 the flavous markings at base extend from near the suture (on 

 two specimens they touch it) to the margin, the pale basal 

 portion is confined to the depth of elytra, and when viewed 

 from behind is barely perceptible. In Lea's table (1 ) this 

 species would be associated with elongata from which it differs 

 in being smaller, glossy black, the flavous portion of head 

 more conspicuous, and the post-median fascia absent. 



L. basiflava, var. fasciata, n. var. 



Differs from above form in having the legs flavous, except 

 that the hind tarsi and apex of tibiae are inf uscate, and a 

 somewhat' irregular flavous fascia situated at the middle of 

 the elytra, beginning near the suture and extending a little 

 more than half way across. On one specimen the legs are 

 much the same as on the type form and its fascia is repre- 

 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. 

 Piceous-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 

 median fascia and pale markings basal and apical. Upper- 

 surface with long, straggling, pale hairs becoming shorter and 

 semi-erect on elytra. 



(DA. S. E. Belg., 1907, p. 334. 



