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SOME NEAV HETEROMERA, AND ONE STK^MODERA, 

 FROM TROPICAL AUSTRALIA. 



By H. J. Carter, B.A., F.E.S. 



(Ten text-figures). 



Platydema rufibase, n.sp. 



Oval, convex; liead and prothorax black, elytra black with 

 the basal area (except at the suture) red, antennie and underside 

 piceous, legs red. 



Head coarsely and closely punctate, antennae extending to 

 base of prothorax, the five penultimate joints transverse, last 

 joint subspherical; eyes large, front unarmed in both sexes. 

 Prothorax nearly straight in front, bisinuate behind, sides arcu- 

 ately narrowed and rounded anteriorly, posterior angles acute, 

 disc strongly subcon fluently punctate, with two well-marked 

 fovejeat base Scutellv.m black, punctate. Elytra striate-punc- 

 tate, intervals convex, and themselves densely punctate: under- 

 side closely pitted with large punctures. Dimensions : '6 x \b 

 mm. 



//<x6. — Cook town (King's Plains) and Laura, Queensland (T. 

 (j. Sloane). 



Twenty-one specimens examined, taken by Mr. Shjane, July, 

 1916. ft is nearest to P. victoriense Blackb., but can be readily 

 distinguished by the following comparison. 



P. rufibase. P. victoriense. 



Elytra with basal mark red. Elytra with base and apex 



red. 



Prothorax coarsely, subcon- Prothorax finely, more dis- 



rtuently punctate, posterior an- tantly punctate, posterior an- 

 gles acute. gles rectangular. 



Elytral intervals convex and Elytral intervals scarcely 



strorfgly punctate. raised, and very finely punctate. 



