222 NEW SPECIKS OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, VIII., 



in being considerably smaller and paler; they were obtained from 

 the rubbish at the foot of a hay-stack; the typical specimens were 

 taken from fence tops at dusk. 



L. costatus Er Hab. — Tasmania. 



L. nodiper Westw. Hab. — Victoria; New South Wales; 

 Tasmania. 



L. apicalis Blackb. Hob. — Tasmania. 



L. costatipenxis Blackb. Hab. — Victoria; New South Wales; 

 Tasmania. 



L. minor Blackb. Hab. — Clarence River. 



L. nigromaculatus Blackb. Hab. — West Australia; New 

 South Wales; Tasmania. 



L. punctipennis Blackb. Hab. — West Australia. 



L satelles Blackb. Hab. — New South Wales; Tasmania; 

 West Australia. 



L. semicostatus Blackb. Hab. — West Australia; Tasmania. 



Family SCARAB^ETD^E. 



Phycochus sulcipennis Lea. 



Although when describing this species, and since, I repeatedly 

 examined several specimens without finding eyes, I now find that 

 these are present; they are very small and narrow, and each 

 consists of about ten facets; they are invisible from above, behind, 

 or in front, and it is only from certain oblique directions and 

 with certain lights that they can be seen to be eyes at all. With 

 the head partly withdrawn into the prothorax they are quite 

 concealed. 



Phycochus graniceps Broun. 



Of this species Capt. Broun * says : "Eyes apparently absent 

 quite invisible." This species also I repeatedly examined to see 

 if it had eyes, without finding any; but now I am doubtful as to 

 whether it is really blind or not. Entirely on the lower surface 

 of the head, in a sloping position behind the insertion of the 



* Man. N.Z. Col., Part iii. p. 770. 



