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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN 

 COLEOPTERA. 



By Arthur M. Lea. 



Part VI. 



MALACODERMID^. 



Carphurus rhytideres, 11. sp. 



(J. Elongate, shining, depressed. Red; head at base, eight 

 apical joints of antenna3, a transverse jDatch at apex of prothorax, 

 scutellum, meso- and metasternum, abdomen (except apical seg- 

 ment, apical half of penultimate and apex and sides of the other 

 segments), coxse and femora (except knees) black; tarsi infuscate 

 or not; elytra coppery-green or blue. Clothed with long straggling 

 blackish hair and with fine whitish pubescence, more noticeable 

 on el3^tra and abdomen than elsewhere. 



Head with, fine punctures at base and sides; a distinct fovea on 

 each side in front and a less distinct one behind and between 

 them. Antenna? rather .stout, scarcely extending to apex of 

 el3'tra, 3rd-10th joints feebly serrate internally. Prothorax 

 transverse, sides round; in front with a deep transverse polished 

 groove; median line very distinct from near base to near apex, 

 polished and traceable across frontal groove; each side with a 

 deep oblique groove starting from the posterior angles and open- 

 ing out into the frontal groove. Scutellum subquadrate, sides 

 and apex slightly incurved. Elytra slightly increasing in width 

 to apex, densely and rugosely punctate. Abdomen almost 

 impunctate. Leya long ; anterior tibi^ie distinctly bisinuate 

 beneath, the others straight. Length 7J, to apex of elytra \\ ; 

 width 1| mm. 



9. Differs in having the head smaller, with thinner antennae, 

 the prothorax simple (except for a feeble longitudinal impression), 



