BY THOMAS G. SLOAXE. 461 



Head elongate, (tonvex (l'9mm. across eyes); eyes distant from 

 prothorax. Prothorax hardly as wide as head with eyes, broader 

 than long (1-85 x 2-4 mm.), widest a little before middle; disc very 

 finely transversely striolate; apex widely eraarginate; base trun- 

 cate ; lateral margins wide, explanate towards basal angles : 

 border reflexed at anterior angles; median line deeply impressed, 

 extending from the deep, arcuate, anterior impression to the 

 wide, basal impression. Elytra much wider than prothorax 

 (6'9 X 4-3 mm.), lightly convex, declivous to base; humeral angles 

 rounded; apex of each elytron shortly oblique; striae deep, crenu- 

 late; interstices convex, third 3-punctate (first puncture near 

 third stria, opposite the end of the scutellar striole of first inter- 

 stice; second puncture about middle, third puncture about I'lmm. 

 from apex), eighth interstice wider than ninth, ninth not narrow, 

 seriate-punctate, the punctures widely separated in middle of 

 course, a more decided, marked puncture outside the others, and 

 touching the lateral channel about 1*2 mm. behind shouldei*. 

 Length, 15-5; breadth, 4*3 mm. 



/^a6. — N.S.W.: Dorrigo. Sent to me by Mr. H, J. Carter as 

 from Dorrigo. Coll. Sloane. 



Allied to P. porphyriacus 81., but distinct by colour; prothorax 

 and elytra wider; elytra more strongly striate, etc. It is very 

 distinct from any other Australian species. 



Tribe Oodini. 

 COPTOCARPUS PARVUS, n.Sp. 



Elliptical, convex. Labrum 6-setose; prothorax with a light 

 basal impression on each side ; elytra lightly striate, stria^ 

 minutely crenulate, first interstice without a striole at base. 

 Black, nitid; prothorax reddish on sides towards base; under- 

 surface piceous-red ; legs reddish ; tarsi, antennae, and palpi 

 lighter-coloured than legs. 



Head ordinary; eyes round, convex, Prothorax subconvex, 

 depressed on each side towards basal angles (this depressed area 

 reddish), narrow at apex, wide at base; sides lightly rounded; apex 

 emarginate; basal angles triangularly obtuse. Elytra narrow, 

 convex; sides parallel towards Ipse; apex widely rounded; three 

 inner striae reaching base; interstices equal, finely shagreened: 



