182 ON THE SCARITIDJE OF NEW HOLLAND, 



subtiliter striatis sti'iis interruptis subrimosis, tibiis anticis 

 extus bidentatis. 

 Long. 11 lin., lat. 3^ lin. 

 Hab. Wingelo, and Dabee. 

 This species is of a moderately glossy black with a slight 

 purplish tinge about the margins. The facial grooves converge 

 slightly in front. The thorax is broad, nearly truncate in front, 

 and rounded and slightly lobate behind. The elytra are covered 

 with indistinct wavy and somewhat interrupted stria?, and have 

 each two punctures, one near the base, the other near the apex. 

 The fore tibfe are bidentate externally. 



I found this species in considerable numbers last spring at 

 Wingelo, on the Goulburn road. A specimen of the same insect 

 in the Museum, was taken by Mr. Masters at Dabee, near Mudgee. 



12.— Carenum obscurum. 



Nigrum nitidura tenuiter violaceo-marginatum, elytris obscuris 

 quadripunctatis sub lente subreticulosis, tibiis anticis extus 

 bidentatis et bituberculatis. 

 Long. 7| lin., lat. 3 lin. 

 Hab. New South Wales. 

 This species, though much smaller, most resembles C. 

 intermi-itum, it may, however, readily be distinguished from it, 

 by the duller appearance of the elytra, and by the neurose 

 character of the sculpture. The fore tibife also have two or 

 three small tubercles above the two external teeth, as is the case 

 in C viarginatum, and the other species of that group. 



'I'he insect is in the late Mr. MacLeay's collection, and is 

 labelled New South Wales. 



13. — Carenum simile. 



Nigrum subnitidum, thorace subquadrato, abdomine ovate, 



elytris quadripunctatis, tibiis anticis extus bidentatis. 

 Long. 7| lin., lat 2^ lin. 

 Hab. Brisbane, Queensland. 

 This insect most resembles C. oflhie, it dijSers fi'om it chiefly 

 in the shape of the abdomen which in this sjDecies is a broad oval. 



