202 Mr. Artliur M. Lea's Revision of the 



middle of the eye and terminated at the fascicles and a 

 more obtuse one, which immediately in front of the fascicles 

 turns round and joins in with the acute one ; at the outer 

 an^le of each band is a small circular impression. 



The sculpture of the head is much the same in both the 

 specimens before me, but is more distinct in the variety 

 than in the type. It, however, cannot be seen distinctly 

 except from certain directions. 



Carphurus fossor, n. sp. 



(J, riavous ; sides of elytra (but not the extreme margins), 

 metasterniim, and seven terminal joints of antennae black or 

 blackish. 



Head elongate ; indistinctly punctate, base very feebly trans- 

 versely strigose ; rather largely excavated, but the excavations not 

 sharply defined. Antennae shorter but otherwise much as in the 

 two preceding species. Prothorax not much longer than wide, very 

 little narrower than head, base not much narrower than apex. 

 Elytra not much wider than prothorax, with moderately dense and 

 rather large clearly defined punctures, sides much as in fasciculatus. 

 Legs comparatively short ; basal joint of front tarsi as long as the 

 two following combined, with a curved, black-rimmed inner margin. 



Length to apex of elytra 4, of abdomen 6 mm. 



$ . Differs in having the head very feebly impressed and with 

 simple elytra and tarsi. 



Hah, N. W. Australia (types in Macleay Museum). 



In the type male the legs, except for a slight iofuscation 

 of the tarsi, are entirely pale, in the female the four hind 

 femora are dark. Regarding the dark portion of the 

 elytra as the ground-colour, the pale discal marking 

 commences very narrowly at the scutellura (itself pale), 

 close behind it is suddenly dilated, then becomes sub- 

 parallel to near the apex, and is suddenly terminated before 

 the apex, the whole marking resembling the blade of a 

 spade. The outer margins are very narrowly pale from 

 the armature to the apex. The lower surface of the 

 abdomen is also pale, except for a slight infuscation along 

 the middle of the basal segments. On the head of the 

 male there are about eight indistinct excavations, but 

 except for a moderately distinct subbasal one there are no 

 distinct costae. 



