ARTHUR M. LEA, CRYPTOPHAGIDAE, CUCUJIDAE ETC. 17 



black or blackish. With sparse påle pubescence, and long, 

 dark hairs. 



Head large, densely punctate and opaque, a wide and 

 ratber deep transverse impression behind eyes, shallow de- 

 pressions and three short longitudinal ridges between them, 

 base rather strongly convex. Antennae ratber long, third 

 to tentb joints serrated, eleventb no longer tban tentb. 

 Prothorax sligbtly longer tban the greatest widtb (near apex), 

 base deeidedly narrower tban apex. a wide depression near 

 base, a shallow fovea on each sida near apex; sides with 

 dense punctures, sparse elsewhere. Elytra more tban twice 

 the length of prothorax, sides rather suddenly dilated near 

 base; with dense and sharply defined punctures. Basal joint 

 of front tarsi with a narrow, black, inner comb, from base 

 to apex. Length, 6 mm. 



Ha b. — North- Western Australia: Kimberley district, in 

 January (Dr. E. Mjöberg). Type (unique) in Stockholm 

 Museum. 



The head is very curious, its longitudinal elevations from 

 some directions appear to be connected at the base by a 

 feeble ridge, so as to resemble an E on its side; the dark 

 blotch on the elytra commences on the suture at the basal 

 third, and gradually dilates rearwards, but at the apex is 

 suddenly dilated so as to cover the entire tips. The antennae 

 are not »very strongly» serrated, but so regarding them the 

 species in my table^ might be associated with C. longipes, 

 from which it is distinguished by the curious head, and dif- 

 ferently coloured elytra; regarding the antennae as »feebly» 

 serrated, it would be associated with C. atricapillis, from 

 which it differs in many respects. 



Carplnirus telephoroides Fairm. — A male from Mount 

 Tambourine apparently belongs to this species, but differs 

 from the description, and from a specimen in my collection, 

 in having the head immaculate, its elytra are brightly cop- 

 pery, the comb on each front tarsus extends almost the full 

 length of the basal joint. 



Carphiinis elegans Lea. — One specimen, of several 

 taken at Cedar Creek, bas the påle portion at base of elytra 

 rather larger tban on the types. 



^ Loc. cit., p. 188. 



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