BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 483- 



A dingy species not very close to any with which I am 

 acquainted. 



C. CYANOPTERUS, Bohem. Hah. — Mount Barker, W.A. 

 C. LATiPENNis, Lea. Hah. — Swan River, W.A. 



Neocarphurus basizonis, n.sp. 



Narrow, shining. Deep glossy black; lower part of head, knees,, 

 tarsi and basal segments of abdomen obscure brown; antennae 

 pale yellow, the four apical joints black; basal two-sevenths of 

 elytra pale testaceous, the extreme base, suture and about 

 scutellum infuscate; base of prothorax testaceous; eyes dingy- 

 green, when wet a beautiful emerald-green. The entire upper 

 surface with long thinly scattered blackish hairs. 



Head feebly transverse, almost flat, with a feeble impressed 

 line on forehead ; finely punctate ; antennae as in N. chloro^ys. 

 Prothorax impunctate, longer than wide, basal third depressed 

 and suddenly and greatly narrowed, slightly increasing in width 

 from basal third to extreme base. Scutellum very small. Elytra 

 widely emarginate at base, sides slightly increasing in width to 

 apex, about once and one-half the length of prothorax, impunc- 

 tate. Abdomen impunctate, widest in middle. Legs long and 

 thin; posterior tibicie feebly curved. Length 2|, to apex of elytra 

 1^; width I mm. 

 ''^aft.— Nowra, N.S.W. (Mr. G. Masters). 



The specimen described (judging by its smooth head) appears 

 to be a female, but I have described it as it represents a very 

 distinct species. Mr. Masters obtained two specimens, one of 

 which he kindly presented to me. 



Balanophorus megalops, n.sp. 



(J. Elongate, shining, depressed. Black, the elytra with a 

 bluish or purplish gloss; two basal joints of funicle and under 

 surface of 3rd, mouth-parts and extreme base of head, prothorax, 

 basal fifth of elytra, mesosternum, abdomen (except two apical 

 segments), four anterior coxae, basal half of anterior femora and 



