BY H. J. CARTER. 75 



last segment minutely and closely punctate, in the other segments 

 punctures somewhat obscured by the close and fine striolation, 

 sides of mesosternum and epimera with larger punctures, pro- 

 sternal process widely rounded behind, compressed (saddle-like, 

 not carinate), and strongly produced forward, mesosternal cavity 

 rounded, its branches very tumid; anterior tarsi not apparently 

 enlarged, posterior tarsi with basal joint longer than second and 

 third combined, the claw-joint as long as the other three com- 

 bined. Dimensions, 23-25 x 12-14 mm. 



#«&.— Tenterfield (Dr. C. D. Clark); Dorrigo (sent by Mr. 

 French). 



Two specimens, both male, under examination, which I name 

 in honour of the friend who first roused my interest in entomo- 

 logy, and whose collection contained one of the handsome speci- 

 mens. The species is readily distinguished from its nearest allies, 

 P. creber Blackb., and P. superbus Blackb., being narrower (in 

 proportion to length), darker, granulated near the eyes, with 

 sides of prothorax sinuate, and with its elytra "cancellato- 

 punctulatis," while P. superbus is separated by colour, and its 

 convex elytral intervals, amongst many other differences. Type 

 in the author's Coll. 



There are specimens also in the Macleay JV1 useum, Sydney, and 

 in the Adelaide Museum. 



Platyphanes chalcopteroides, n.sp. 



Elongate, subparallel, moderately convex; underside and legs 

 black, head greenish-black, pronotum dark green with a purple 

 patch on each side, and purple tinge at apex and base; elytra 

 variegated, the colours not arranged in vittae but gradually 

 merging (i.e., the suture blue, disc chiefly green, sides purple 

 with the external interval golden). 



Head : labrum emarginate, epistoma evenly rounded, canthus 

 little raised, suture faintly impressed, eyes partially covered by 

 prothorax, separated by a space equal to the transverse diameter 

 of one eye, evenly and closely punctate, antennae not reaching 

 the base of prothorax, joint 3 scarcely longer than 4, 5-7 gradu- 



