304 AUKTRALIAK COLEOPTKRA : NOTES AND NEW SPECIES, 



Cyphogastra vulnerata Tliery (Text-fig. 5). Mr. H. W. Brown has lately 

 taien in the Northern Territory a long series of a Cyphogastra which does, how- 

 ever, agree with Kerremans' tabulated "pistor" (?) in having a lateral impression 

 extending from base to apes, while also agreeing with that part of his detailed 

 description of pistor (Monogi'aph, p. 179) which states ''au lieu de se prolonger 

 en pointe sineuse et relevee, les cotes sont gTaducllement et regnlierement at- 

 tenues en are." This species clearly corresponds with the description of C. 

 vulnerata Thery, a species hitherto unknown in Australian collections and er- 

 roneously placed by Kerremans as a synonym of C. pistor C. and G., from 

 which it is clearly separated by (1) more convex and oval form, (2) angulately 

 widened prothorax, sides nearly straight behind, (3) arrangement and form of 

 eh'tral impressions. (Besides the difference in the lateral impression noted 

 above, the premedial discal impression is longer, while the posterior discal im- 

 pressions diverge from the suture, and are not parallel with it, as in pistor). 

 The 7 Australian species of Cyphogastra readily arrange themselves into 3 groups. 



A. containing C. pistor C. and G., C. vulnerata Thery, and C. browni, n. sp. 



B. „ C. macfarlani Waterh., C. venerea Thorns, and C. farinosa F. 



(the last described as from Java, doubtfully Australian). 



C. containing C. icoodlark-iana Montr, (of whicli the upper surface is entirely 



black). 



C. venerea is chiefly differentiated from C. macfarlani by the absence of the 

 lateral impression on the elytra. C. farinosa, besides having certain ground colour 

 difference from C. macfarlani, has an extra discal ray on the el^-tra. 



Chrysodema sub-fasciata Cicci. Mr. H. W. Brown has taken a long series 

 of this species in the Northern Territory. The two types in the Melbourne 

 Museum were the only examples hitherto known in Australian Collections. 



The genera of the tribe Chalcophorini are not generally well known to 

 Australian Collectors. I therefore append a tabulation of {he six Australian 

 genera so far recorded. 



Tribe Chalcophorini. 



1 Pronotum longitudinally carinate in middle Oirysoderna C. and G. 



2 S Pronotum and presternum longitudinally sulcata in middle. 



3 ,5 Last abdominal segment carinate in middle. 



4 Form ovate acuminate Clialcotaenia Deyr. 



5 Form navicular, 1st abdominal segment having a smooth jalient plate at 

 apex Cyphogastra Deyr. 



6 8 Last abdominal segment not carinate. 



7 First abdominal segment sulcata in middle Chalcophorella Kerr. 



8 First abdominal segment not sulcata Paracupta Deyr. 



9 Pronotum partially, or not, sulcate, prosternimi not sulcate, whole prothorax 

 very rugose Pseudotaenia Kerr. 



Psieudotmenid, contains tlic giants of the n'roup and ChalcophoreUa the smaller 

 and narrower species. 



The 35 Australian species are divided as follows: — Clialcotaenia, 11 species; 

 Cyphogastra. 7; Chalcophorella, 3; Pseudotaenia, 8; Paracupta, 4; Chrysodema, 2. 

 Clialcotaenia and Pseudotaenia are endemic in Australia or adjacent islands (one 

 species of the former in Papua). Chalcophorella occurs a]so in America, Europe, 

 Africa, and one species in Japan. The remaining three genera have a wide dis- 

 tribution throughout Malavsia and Oceania. 



