BY W. MACLEAY, ESQ., F.L.S. 159 



Gayndahensis, and the interstice between the third and fourth 

 strife rugose and striolate. Under side of body greenish black 

 and punctured. 



282. — Abr^us Australis. n. sp. 

 Length Ij lines. 

 Black and subnitid. Elytra punctured, with a fine stria on 

 each side of the suture, extending from the apex to near the base, 

 and diverging gradually from the suture as it proceeds upwards. 



NITIDULID^. 



283. — Brachypeplus Mureati. n. sp. 

 Length 1| lines. 

 Like B. hinotatus Murray. Narrow, black, nitid. Antennae 

 with the club pale rufous. Head punctate and bifoveolate. 

 Thorax slightly transverse, with the sides ciliated and reddish 

 towards the posterior angles. Elytra longer than the thorax, 

 striate, finely punctured and pubescent, with a broad band of red 

 at the base not extending to the suture. The exposed segments 

 of the abdomen are red with the sides black. 



284. — Carpophilus convexiusculus. n. sp. 

 Length 1 line. 



Red, subconvex, and finely punctate. Antennaa with the ter- 

 minal joint of the club yellow, the others brown. Head much 

 narrowed behind the eyes, which are prominent. Thorax short, 

 transverse, emarginate in front, truncate behind, broader at the 

 base than at the apex, rounded at the anterior, and square at the 

 posterior angles, with a broad black vitta in the centre, which is 

 broadest at the apex, and is gradually narrowed to the base. 

 Scutellum black. Elyti^a of the same width as the thorax at the 

 base, separately rounded at the apex, and of a subnitid black colour, 

 with a basal fascia enclosing a black spot near each shoulder, and 

 a round spot behind the middle, red. Abdomen pointed at the 

 apex. 



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