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undersurface deep, their sides slightly wrinkled. Pro thorax 

 strongly rounded, decidedly longer than wide, wider than head; a 

 feeble impression at base, and a still feebler interrupted one at 

 apex ; base narrowly margined and feel^ly sinuate. Elytra 

 gradually dilating towards apex, each feebly separately rounded. 

 Length to apex of elytra 3 J, of abdomen 6f; width l^mm. 



Hah. — Tam worth. 



A very narrow species, in colour strongly resembling C. cyanop- 

 terus, but the width of that species at once separates them. 



Carphurus alterniventris, Fairm., Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 3412. 



I have a pair (obtained in copula) of this species from the 

 Tweed River. The male has the elytra conoolorous, whilst in 

 the female they are diluted with red along the base and basal 

 margin; the head in the latter is without markings, while in the 

 former there is a distinct black blotch connecting the eyes. 



Carphurus basiventris, n.sp. 



9. Elongate, shining, depressed. Head, basal joint of antennae 

 and undersurface of two following, prothorax, extreme tip of 

 femora, tibia?, and basal joint of tarsi, reddish-testaceous ; elytra 

 very dark purple; abdomen with the basal segment, apex of second, 

 apical, and base of penultimate, diluted with. red. Above and 

 the legs covered with long black hair, densest and shortest on 

 elytra; sterna with very indistinct pubescence. Head rather 

 densely, irregularly and minutely, prothorax sparseh' and minutely 

 punctate; elytra densely and strongly punctate, at the base less 

 strongly than elsewhere; undersurface very indistinctly punctate. 



Head much longer than wide; eyes small, prominent; a broad 

 and very shallow depression on each side between eyes; mandibles 

 prominent; antennae scarcely passing base of prothorax, the joints 

 flat, 1st slightly longer than 2nd-3rd combined, 2nd scarcely the 

 length of 3rd, 3rd-10th subequal, 4th-10th serrate inwardly, 11th 

 not one and a half times as long as 10th; corrugated at base, 

 sides and undersurface; fovese small, open behind, the space behind 

 them distinctly corrugated. Prothorax a trifle longer than wide, 



