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ATRONITENS, Fairm., L c, p. 109. 

 N. S. Wales : Sydney. 



SCAPULATUS, Fairm.. I. c, p. 109. 



Queensland : Kockhampton ; N. S. Wales : Galston, 



BLACKBURNi, Lea, P. L. S., N.S.W., 1895, p. 247. (Fig.108.) 

 S. Australia : Adelaide, Mount Lofty. 



BASIVENTRIS, Lea., I. c, p. 251. 

 N. S. Wales : Como. 



lepidus, Lea., /. c, p. 255. 

 • N. S. Wales : Galston. 



pictipes, Lea., /. c, p. 256. 



N, S. Wales : Como, Belmore, Blue Mountains. 



Carphurus pravus, n. sp. (Fig. 5.) 



(J. Flavous ; base of head (both above and below), scutellum, a 

 large space on each elytron, abdomen (except apical segment and 

 apex and sides of the others), meso- meta- and apex of prosternum, 

 coxae, femora (apex excepted) tarsi and seven terminal joints of 

 antennae, black or blackish. 



Head elongate ; distinctly punctate and at base transversely 

 strigose ; largely excavated between eyes, the excavation divided into 

 three parts, of which the median one is surrounded by an acutely 

 raised and sinuous carina. Antennae rather short, 3rd-10th joints 

 obtusely serrate, 1 1th longer than 10th and obtuse at apex. Prothorax 

 distinctly longer than wide, side constricted near base. Elytra wider 

 than prothorax, with small moderately dense punctures, sides from 

 near base thickened and towards the apex semicircularly emarginate, 

 near the hinder edge of emargination a short blade-like process pro- 

 jecting forwards and downwards. Basal joint of front tarsi small, 

 shorter than 2nd, with a curved black-rimmed inner margin. 



Length to apex of elytra 3, of abdomen 5 mm. 



Hob. N. S. Wales : Jenolan (A. M. Lea). 



The dark portion of the elytra is median in position 

 and covers rather more than half the surface, it touches 

 the suture but not the sides, the portion of the elytra 

 behind it is paler than that before it. On the head the 

 dark portion at the base is confined to the middle. The 

 median of the three cephalic excavations is bilobed, and 



