COLEOPTEEA.—LEA. 209 



CARPHURUS PURPUREIPENNIS sp. nov. 

 ^ Flavoiis or reddish flavous; elytra deep purple; mesosterniim, meta- 

 sternum, coxte, most of femora, and six or seven apical joints of antenna?, black 

 or blackish. With rather long, blackish hairs, rather den.se in places; elytra 

 •with short, whitish pubescence. 



Head rather large, irregularly impressed between eyes, a rather wide and 

 deep impression behind them, a hairy longitudinal ridge crossing its middle, an 

 acute oblique ridge on each side of middle between eyes, a curved and slightly 

 elevated line in front; base punctate and transversely strigose. Antennte long, 

 moderately stout, most of the joints serrated. Protliorax slightly longer than 

 greatest width, a wide shallow subliasal depression; with a few scattered punc- 

 tures. Elytra more than twice the length of prothorax ; each side at basal third 

 with a triangular pale-tipped projection ; punctures dense and sharply defined, 

 becoming sparser and smaller on tips. Basal joint of front tarsi with a black 

 inner comb. Length (J" 9 ), 6-8 mm. 



2 Differs in having the head smaller, ^-itli feeble depressions onlj^, with- 

 out ridges, and less hairy, apex of prothorax less produced, sides of elytra 

 unarmed, legs and antenna^ shorter, and front tarsi simple. 



Hah. — Northern Queensland (Blackburn's collection) ; Cairns (E. Allen 

 and F. P. Dodd) ; Yarrabah and Mount Bellenden-Ker (Dr. E. Mjoberg). — 

 Type, /. 12233 in South Australian ^luseum ; coty])e, C/2303 in Queensland 

 ]\Iuseum. 



Allied to C armipennis, but readily distinguished by the two acute ridges 

 on head ; these, when viewed from behind, appear as two conical tubercles. On 

 several specimens the suture near the base is obscurely reddish ; the base of the 

 prothorax is sometimes of a different shade of colour from its ether parts. On 

 the middle of each elytron of the male, in a line with the lateral teeth, there is a 

 space like a small scar ; it appears at a glance to be accidental, but is alike on 

 the six males under examination. 



CARPHURUS MACULICOLLIS sp. nov. 



$ Black and flavous, or reddish flavous. With short whitish pubescence 

 and long dark hairs. 



Head rather large and unevenly convex, a rather long, shallow, oblique 

 depression each side in front ; with unevenly distributed punctures ; base trans- 

 versely strigose. Antennse moderately long, fourth to tenth joints serrated. 

 Prothorax distinctly longer than wide, widest at about apical fourth, apex not 

 much wider than base, a wide shallow depression near base ; punctures fairly 

 numerous on sides, sparse elsewhere. Elytra more than twice the length of 

 prothorax, sides rather suddenly dilated near base, apex about one-third wider 

 than base ; with dense and small, but rather sharply defined punctures, becoming 

 minute on tips. Basal joint of front tarsi with an inner comb from base to apex. 

 Length {S9 ) - 5-7 mm. 

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