BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 597 



Castelneaudia latipennis, n.sp. 



^. Robust; head large; prothorax transverse, subcordate, base 

 narrower (6 mm.) than apex (7'1 mm.), sides lightl}'- sinuate 

 posteriorly and meeting base at right angles, anterior angles 

 advanced: elytra short, oval, rounded on sides, widest behind 

 middle, humeral angles dentate, third interstice 3- or 4-punctate. 

 Intercoxal declivity of prosternum setigero-punctate, of meso- 

 sternum glabrous. Posterior coxte contiguous. Head and under- 

 surface black; prothorax nitid, black on disc, cupreous or brassy- 

 green towards sides; elytra finely shagreened, black or of a dull 

 bronzy tint, summits of cost{?e subnitid, marginal channel and 

 ninth interstice cupreous. 



Head large (6*7 mm. across eyes), smooth, swollen on each 

 side behind and below eyes. Prothorax depressed, transverse 

 (5'5 X 8'3 mm. — lateral length 6*5 mm.), widest just behind 

 anterior marginal puncture; sides lightl}^ rounded on anterior 

 half, lightly narrowed posteriorly, lightly sinuate about 1-5 mm. 

 before base; apex emarginate; anterior angles rather strongly 

 advanced, obtusely rounded; base emarginate in middle, basal 

 angles well marked, rectangular, with apex obtuse; lateral margin 

 rather wide; border thick, lightly reflexed except near apical 

 angles; lateral basal impressions short, connected b}' a well 

 marked transverse impression. Elj^tra oval (15 x 11 mm.), 

 rounded on sides, widely rounded at apex, a little narrowed to 

 base; interstices wide, lightly costate, seventh stronger than 

 others, subcarinate near base, ninth nitid, hardly distinct from 

 margin, a little raised posteriorly. Ventral segments laevigate; 

 fourth and fifth with a few setigerous punctures in middle near 

 posterior margin ; apical 4-setigerous on posterior margin, and 

 with two or three fine setigerous punctures in middle a little 

 before apex. Length 29, breadth 11 mm. 



Hah. — N.S.W. : Dunoon, Richmond River (R. Helms). 



This is the species I have referred to as C. (Xiirus) brevis, 

 Motsch., in my description of C. ( Homalosoma) imperialis; but I 

 now consider C. hrevis to be identical with Homalosoma solandersi 

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