84 REVISION OF THE SUBFAMILY TENEBRIONIN^, 



wider than prothorax at base, thrice and one-half as long, widen- 

 ing at the shoulders, then subparallel on middle third, then strongly 

 tapering to a narrow apex, each elytron with a short externa] spine, 

 shorter and more closely placed tlian in P. Master si Pasc. Disc 

 moderately convex at base (mucli less so than in P. Mastersi), 

 evenly declivous in all directions ; irregularly and rather closely 

 punctate, the punctures mucli smaller and closer than in P. Mas- 

 tersi, these becoming obsolete towards apex, margins very narrow 

 on front half, gradually becoming wider and horizontal apieally; 

 submentum with coarse round punctures, prosternum transversely 

 rugose, strongly compressed and carinate, the process produced 

 behind conically, into a widely raised V-shaped receptacle; meso- 

 sternum and epipleurae very coarsely rugose-punctate, the latter 

 rather abruptly terminating at the last abdominal segment, abdo- 

 men finely striolate, the last segment finely punctate, and termi- 

 nated witli a fringe of red hair ; legs smooth, front femora swollen, 

 posterior tarsi with basal and claw-joint of equal lengtli. Dimen- 

 sions, 23x 10 mm. 



Hah. — Kuranda, N. Queensland. 



A single $ specimen, taken by Mr. H, W. Brown, adds another 

 fine species ; but it arrived too late to be included in my monograph 

 of the group. It is intermediate in form and character between 

 Prophanes and Anausis, but is much more convex and less parallel 

 than the latter. Type in the Author's Coll. 



Stigmodera suavis Cart. — This is anom. prseocc, by Kerremans 

 (Insecta gen. 1902, p. 210). I therefore propose the name S. 

 venusta for the species so described (These Proc. 1913, p. 507). 



CffARIOTHES SUBVIOLACEIIS, n.Sp. 



Rather widely ovate, convex; head, thorax, and underside very 

 nitid-black, elytra with a violaceous tinge, antennaB and tarsi pale 

 red, legs piceous (red at knees and apex of tibiae). 



Head strongly unevenly punctate, rather flat, epistoma slightly 

 rounded in front, with a straight indistinct suture behind, eyes 

 large, coarsely faceted and transverse, antennae short, apical four 

 joints considerably enlarged, joint 3 not longer than 4, apical 



