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anticis extus sat fortiter tridentatis ; tibiarum posti- 

 carum calcaribus elongatis, minus angustis ; segmento 

 ventrali apicali aequali ; tarsis posticis quam tibiae sat 

 brevioribus. Long., 13 1. ; lat., 5f 1. 



Femina quam mas minus parallela, magis lata; illius anten- 

 narum flabello vix breviori, tarsis robustioribus et paullo 

 brevioribus ; pygidio postice in medio tuberculo parvo 

 instructo et ad apicem dente minuto armato ; tibiarum 

 posticarum calcaribus brevioribus magis dilatatis, calcare 

 longiori apicem versus subtus concavo. 

 This species differs from all other Lejjidiotce known to 

 me by the structure of its propygidium. Apart from that 

 character it is near L. negatoria, Blackb., but differing from 

 it by, inter alia, notably closer and finer puncturation of 

 dorsal surface (pygidium very much more, instead of less, 

 closely punctured than the elytra) ; prothorax much less nar- 

 rowed in front with sides as viewed from above much less 

 strongly arched. Differs from caudata, Blackb., and decep- 

 trix, Blackb., by base of pronotum not continuously mar- 

 gined, and, inter alia, from the former by very much finer 

 sculpture of dorsal surface, and from the latter by punctures 

 of pronotum very much finer, punctures of elytra much 

 closer, prothorax notably wider in front and having hind 

 angles much less acute. The structure of the propygidium is 

 very peculiar. That segment is very strongly and widely 

 emarginate in the middle and is on two planes ; its front 

 part is not punctured and the hind edge of this front part 

 is more or less reflexed and defined ; behind the hind edge 

 of the front part the segment becomes declivous — almost ver- 

 tical — and this narrow declivous hind piece is punctured and 

 furnished with very fine whitish scales. 



Queensland (Cairns); male from Mr. French; female 

 from Mr. Lea (his No. 13011). 



L. deceptrix, sp. nov., Fern. Robusta, postice manifeste 

 dilatata ; rufo-ferruginea ; supra squamis minutis albidis 

 sparsim vestita ; subtus squamis minutis albidis vestita 

 (in media parte sparsim, latera versus confertim) ; meta- 

 sterno et coxis posticis pilis elongatis pallide fulvis dense 

 vestitis ; capite crebre subfortiter punctulato ; clypeo 

 sat alte reflexo, antice sat fortiter emarginato ; palporum 

 maxillarium articulo apicali subcylindrico, quam latiori 

 triplo longiori, supra haud excavato ; antennarum 

 articulo 3° quam 2 US manifeste (quam 4 US haud) longiori, 

 flabelli laminis quam antennarum articulus basalis vix 

 longioribus ; prothorace quam longiori ut 23 ad 13 latiori, 

 antice marginato sat fortiter angustato, supra minus 



