272 A. FAUVEL 



rmato, parimi convexo, antennis tenuibus, circa apicem piceis, 

 articulis 2 ultimis flavis, capite minuto, transversim orbiculato, 

 basi fortiter constricto, thorace hoc latiore, quam in ruficolli 

 longiore, antice minus angustato, angulis posticis obtusis, scu- 

 tello elytrisque sat subtiliter dense vix rugosule punctatis, his 

 amplioribus; abdomine tenui, acuto, toto nigro, subtiliter sat 

 dense punctato optime distinguendus; </* segmento 7.° subsi- 

 mili. — Long. 5 1 j 2 mill. 



Australie, Sydney, Rockhampton (De Caslelnau). 



Collections Godeffroy et la mienne. 



8. luridus *. 



Magnitudine et facie Philonthi ebenidi; aeneus, nitidus, ab- 

 domine parum irideo sericeo, pedibus antennisque nigris; his 

 articulis 1-2 basi, palpis, genubus vix tarsisque rufulis; antennis 

 brevi bus, crassis, articulis 2-3 subaequalibus, 4.° parum breviore, 

 sequentibus sensim brevioribus, 8-10 sat trans versis; capite brevi, 

 latiore quam longiore, sat magno, convexo, in <? thorace pa- 

 rum, in 9 tertia parte angustiore, punctis 3 utrinque lineatim 

 (2 in ipso oculi margine interiore minoribus), singulo alio utrinque 

 basi; thorace brevi, fortiter transverso, in d? magis, in 9 minus 

 antice angustato, angulis posticis rotundatis, punctis 2 ante me- 

 dium disco sat distantibus, 2 aliis in margine antico multo magis 

 remotis; scutello elytrisque parum dense sat fortiter subsqua- 

 mose, abdomine circa segmentorum basin crebrius vix rugose 

 punctatis, longius parce griseo pubescentibus; elytris quadratis, 

 thoracis latitudine; <? segmento 6.° subtus apice vix sinuato, 

 7.° parum profunde triangulariter inciso , incisura nee marginata, 

 nee depressa. — Long. 7 1 / 2 -S l / 2 mill. 



Australie occidentale, King's George Sound (De Castelnau). 



Ma collection. 



9. iridiventris * ( J ). 



Forma Q. i paradisiani J> sed antennis gracilioribus , articulis 2-4 



(•) L'espèce suivante, qui nous est inconnue, devrait peut-ètre se placer ici : 

 9.» politulus Mac Leay, Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1871, II, 140 (Phi- 

 lonthvs). 



