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LEPIDIOTA. 



L. bovilli, sp. nov., Mas. ( ?) Sat elongata, postice modice 

 dilatata ; obscure rufa, antennis tarsis elytrisque plus 

 minusve dilutioribus; squamis albidis, his supra parvis 

 nonnihil setiformibus subasqualiter vix crebre dispositis 

 (in pygidio magis crebre, apice glabro excepto), subtus 

 paullo majoribus magis crebre dispositis, vestita; meta- 

 sterno haud piloso ; capite crebre fortiter ruguloso,. 

 clypeo sat alte reflexo antice sat fortiter emarginato ; 

 palporum maxillarium articulo apicali sat elongata sub- 

 cylindrico, supra haud excavato ; antennarum articulo 

 3° quam 2 US quamque 4 US manifeste longiori, 

 rlabelli laminis quam antennarum articulus basalis 

 subbrevioribus ; prothorace quam longiori ut 7 ad 4 

 latiori, antice haud marginato parum angustato, supra 

 sat crebre (latera versus creberrime) sat fortiter punctu- 

 lato, lateribus crenulatis paullo pone medium fortiter 

 dilatato-rotundatis, angulis anticis parum productis 

 obtuse rectis posticis (superne visis) acute rectis, basi 

 haud marginata manifeste bisinuata ; seutello .fere ut 

 pronotum punctulato ; elytris crebre sat fortiter nonnihil 

 rugulose punctulatis, costulis bene definitis instructis ; 

 pygidio crebre minus fortiter punctulato, ad apicem 

 subito declivi in hac parte nitido nee squamifero tibiis 

 anticis extus fortiter tridentatis ; tibiarum posticarum 

 calcaribus sat angustis modico elongatis ; segmento ven- 

 trali apicali transversim leviter impresso ; tarsis posticis 

 quam tibiae sat brevioribus. 

 Femina minus angustata, postice magis dilatata, calcaribus 

 posticis magis dilatatis, pronoti disco (exempli typici) 

 paullo minus crebre magis grosse punctulato. Long., 

 8| 1.; lat., 3f-4 1. 



The sexual characters in this species are very slight. The 

 stronger and less close puncturation of the pronotum of the 

 female may be only an individual variation. In general 

 appearance L. bovilli resembles L. rothei, Blackb., and 

 koebelei, Blackb., differing from them both, however, by, 

 inter alia, its pronotum scarcely narrowed in front and its 

 more strongly emarginate clypeus. 



Northern Territory (Port Darwin) j sent by the late Dr. 

 Bovill. 



L. koebelei, sp. nov., Mas. Minus elongata, postice sat dila- 

 tata ; obscure rufa, antennis dilutioribus ; sat nitida ; 

 squamis albidis, his supra parvis nonnihil setiformibus 

 vix crebre sat sequaliter dispositis, subtus paullo majoribus 

 magis crebre dispositis, vestita ; metasterno haud piloso ;. 



