160 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 



This species ought- perhaps to be placed in the genus Siauro- 

 glossictis Murray. I have not been able to get a specinen for 

 dissection and cannot therefore speak with certainty. 



285. — Carpophilus luridipennis. n. sp. 

 Length f of a line. 

 Head dark brown, punctate, and narrowed behind the eyes, 

 which are prominent. Antennae red with the club black. Thorax 

 dull red, transverse, not broader behind than in front, punctate, 

 and obtusely rectangular. Scutellum large, black, and triangular. 

 Elytra not much longer than the breadth, not narrowed behind, 

 truncate at the apex, punctate and of a dark lurid colour with 

 the apex black. Abdomen reddish brown. Legs red. 



286. — Carpophilus pilipennis. n. sp. 



Length 1| lines. 

 Reddish brown, punctate, and covered with a short yellow 

 pile. Head almost black in front, less narrowed behind, and 

 with the eyes less prominent than in the last species. Antennse 

 with the club black. Thorax almost square, and somewhat con- 

 vex, with an indistinct brown patch in the middle. Scutellum 

 large and of a broad triangular form. Elytra of the width of 

 the thorax and truncate, with a basal fascia, large in the middle 

 and smaller towards the humeral angles, of a deep red. The 

 apical portion of the penultimate segment of the abdomen is also 

 red. 



287. — Carpophilus obscurus. n. sp. 



Length 1 line. 

 Black, ojDaque, punctate, and covered with a grey pile which, 

 is longest on the sides of the elytra and abdomen. Head very 

 slightly narrowed behind the eyes. Thorax nearly square, a little 

 emarginate in front and rounded at the base. Scutellum large 

 and rounded at the apex. Elytra of the same width as the thorax, 

 and rather obliquely truncate, with a trace of red on each humeral 

 angle. Abdomen with the penultimate segment a little red at 

 the apex. Legs of an uniform red colour. 



