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minus perspicue emarginato ; tarsis posticis quam tibiae 

 vix brevioribus. Long., 9-10 1. ; lat., 4§-4J 1. 



This species is probably near L. crinita, Brenske, but is 

 clearly distinct from it by numerous differences — among 

 others, the quite strongly bisinuate base of its pronotum, the 

 absence of hairs and scales on its dorsal surface, and its elytra 

 with scarcely any indication of longitudinal costae, which 

 are faintly traceable here and there only from certain points 

 of view. The nabellum of the antennae is about equal in 

 length to the five preceding joints together. The conspicuous 

 foveae on the pronotum, being exactly similar in the two 

 specimens before me, seem likely to be more than a merely 

 accidental character. I do not think the specimens are 

 abraded. It should be noted that the puncturation of the 

 dorsal surface becomes distinctly finer near the lateral mar- 

 gins than in the middle parts. 



Queensland (Townsville). From Mr. Perkins. 



Z. gilesi, sp. nov., Mas. Elongata, sat augusta, postice 

 minus dilatata ; rubro-f erruginea ; minus nitida ; supra 

 pilis minutis albidis setif ormibus in capite et elytris 

 sparsim, in pronoto confertim, vestita ; pygidio ventreque 

 pilis brevibus vestitis ; metasterno coxis posticis et 

 pedibus longe pallide fulvo-pilosis ; f emoribus posticis 

 autem squamis albis sat crassis sparsim vestitis; capite 

 crebre inaequaliter sat grosse ruguloso ; clypeo modice 

 reflexo, antice parum emarginato ; palporum maxillarium 

 articulo apicali sat dilatato, supra excavato ; antennarum 

 articulo 3° quam 2 US hand (quam 4 US vix) longiori, 

 ilabelli laminis quam antennarum articulus basalis fere 

 triplo longioribus ; prothorace quam longiori ut 8 ad 5 J 

 latiori, antice sat fortiter angustato marginato, supra 

 confertim subtilius ruguloso, areis nonnullis praesertim 

 in media parte glabris nitidis instructo, lateribus nonnihil 

 crenulatis mox pone medium rotundatis parum dilatatis 

 antice quam postice multo magis alte reflexis, angulis 

 anticis rotundato-obtusis posticis (superne visis) fere 

 rotundatis, basi subtiliter marginata minus fortiter 

 bisinuata ; scutello fere ut elytra punctulato ; his sub- 

 fortiter sat crebre ruguloso-punctulatis, parum niani- 

 f este costulatis ; pygidio crebre subtilius ruguloso ; tibiis 

 anticis extus fortiter tridentatis ; tibiarum posticarum 

 calcaribus modice angustis, nee a basi ad medium dila- 

 tatis ; segmento ventrali apicali simplici ; tarsis posticis 

 quam tibiae vix brevioribus. Long., 9 1.; lat., 4 1. 

 North-West Australia (Giles) ; sent by Mr. Carter (his 



No. 12). 



