254 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



sinuate. Elytra subparallel for a third of their length, then 

 dilating towards apex, each feebly rounded towards suture — 

 stronger outwardly. Tibiae with blackish setae at their apices; 

 anterior tarsi w^ith basal joint as long as three following combined, 

 and with a black comb inwardly. Length to apex of elytra 6, of 

 abdomen 9|; width 2| mm. 



Hah.— Forest Reefs. 



I have another specimen — also a male — which has the anterior 

 edge of prothorax entire, but I can find no other difference. 



Carphurus testaceipes, n.sp. 



(J. Elongate, shining, depressed. Head, prothorax and legs 

 clear testaceous; part of the 1st joint of anterior tarsi and posterior 

 trochantins blackish; elytra blackish, with a coppery-green 

 reflection; scutellum, meso- and metasternum black; abdomen 

 black, the basal segments margined; apical half of the antepen- 

 ultimate, and the two apical, red. Covered all over —sparsest on 

 head and sterna — with long blackish hair, a few long hairs at 

 base of 1st antennal joint; elytra with rather dense whitish 

 pubescence, very sparse on meso- and metasternum. Head and 

 prothorax with sparse minute punctures; on the elytra they are 

 stronger, denser and somewhat rugose; flanks of meso- and 

 metasternum minutely, the abdominal segments very minutely 

 punctate. 



Head with feeble corrugations at base and sides, longer than 

 wdde; eyes small, not very prominent; antenna3 rather thick, 

 passing intermediate coxae, 1st joint large, thick, feebly emargi- 

 nate on its upper and slightly inflated on its lower edge, as long as 

 2nd-4th combined, 2nd equal in length to 4th, and slightly longer 

 than 3rd, 6th-llth perceptibly increasing in length, 6th-8th 

 rather broad, 9th-llth almost cylindric; a depression on each side 

 behind antennae, feebly connected posteriorly, a low broad ridge 

 —behind which is a small fovea — separating them; undersurface 

 with two shallow transverse impressions, the longest extending 

 between eyes, the other a short distance behind it. Prothorax 

 strongly rounded, about as long as wide, as wide as head; a broad 



