BY H. J. CARTER. 87 



Femora with fringe of hair on Femora glabrous, 



lower surface. 



Front tarsi of £ little en- Front tarsi of £ considerably 



larged. enlarged. 



Hind tarsi with last joint as Hind tarsi with basal and 



long as the rest combined. claw-joint subequal. 



N.B. — The fringed femora are a noteworthy, distinguishing 

 character of P. nitida Macl., not mentioned by its author. 



From the above, it is evident that the two genera Bolbophaves 

 and Paraphanes come under widely separated sections of the 

 subfamily, the former standing next to Hemici/clus; while the 

 latter approaches Prophanes in the structure of the antennae, 

 though standing alone in other respects. 



BOLBOPHANES RUGATUS, n.Sp. 



Ovate, very convex and nitid; elytra dark greenish-bronze, 

 head and pronotum metallic green; antennae, legs, and tarsi 

 blue; underside metallic green; abdomen sometimes reddish. 



Head : eyes scarcely free of prothorax, and widely separated, 

 epistoma rounded, canthus small and inconspicuous, rather 

 coarsely punctate; antennae short, joints 7-11 gradually enlarged, 

 9-10 transverse, 11 nearly round. Prothorax more than twice as 

 wide as long, widely emarginate at apex; anterior angles ad- 

 vanced but obtuse, sides arcuately widening to base, the latter 

 bisinuate ; posterior angles subrectangular and not produced, 

 sides a little explanate with narrow reflexed border, disc without 

 regular impressions or central line, finely punctate on middle, 

 more coarsely on margins. Scutettum triangular and punctate. 

 Elytra of same width as prothorax at base, humeri obtuse, widest 

 behind the middle, with narrow border continued to apex, with 

 fine shallow punctures close and irregular, the surface (especially 

 towards sides) longitudinally ridged, their interstices more or 

 less wrinkled. Epipleurae and episterna coarsely punctate ; 

 abdomen finely punctate; prosternum short, its process convex 

 and rounded behind. Tarsi short. Dimensions, 9-13 x 6-8 mm. 



0«6.-Blue Mountains, N.S.W.(Dr. E. W. Ferguson) —Tam- 

 bourine Mountain, Queensland(R. Illidge, and the author). 



