DY 11. J. CARTER. 7.5 



©f Macleay's Sect. ii. Its most prominent charaet^i-s are the widely lioi-izontal 

 margins of the prothovax and tlie strongly sculptured elytra, on whieli the seriate 

 punctures occupy nearly the whole surface. Type in Queensland Museum. 



Nyctozoilus carlovillex.sis, n.sp. 



Oblong-ovate opaque, brownish black, head and pronotiun, in places, with 

 short, decumbent, golden hair, tarei with golden tomeutum, tibiae of male also 

 tomftntose within. 



Head and pronotum densely and finely punctate, epistoma ti-uncate with 

 oblirjue sides, a straight sulcus separating the forehead, the latter lightly depressed 

 along the middle, antennae about reaching base of prothoras in d, shoi-ter in ?, 

 joint 3 as long as 4-5 combined, 8-10 flattened and nearly roimd, 11 oval, longer 

 fhan 10. Prothorax 5 s 6.5 mm., widest at middle, arcuate-emai-ginate at apex, 

 anterior angles a little produced, acute (about 80°) with blunted tip, sides well 

 rounded, strongly sinuate before the sharply dentate posterior angles, these point- 

 ing obliquely outwards, raised border moderatelj^ wide at sides, narrower in front 

 of anterior angles and abniptly terminating there, basal border very narrow; 

 foliate margins a little concave and wrinkled; disc transversely depressed near 

 base, a smooth medial line with a shallow fovea on each side of this. Scutellum 

 transverse and raised. Elytra rather widely oval, wider than prothorax at base 

 and about twice as long; coarsely reticulate, Avith three nitid, undulate costae 

 generally becoming indistinct and merged into the reticulation on apical half, 

 suture also costate, the spaces within the reticulations coarsely pitted and bearing 

 a few golden haii-s; presternum hardly perceptibly punctate, abdomen stiigose, 

 with the two apical segments punctate. Dimensions : d". 17 x 9 mm., 5. 17 s 10 



Hab. — Queensland: Cliarleville (P. Franzen). 



Three examples (2 c?, 1 9) have been sent for determination from the 

 Queensland Museum. The species is. near N. reticukitus Bates in sculpture but 

 differs in the following details: — Size smaller, tlie prothorax with all angles 

 sharper, especially in the strongly dentate hind angles, the extreme border nar- 

 rower, disc more finely punctured. Types in the Queensland Museum. 



N.B. — My examples of N. reticulattis Bates — compared with type — from 

 Guntawang, Cootamundra and Young, N.S.W., are larger than in the author's 

 description, their dimensions being 19-20 x 10-lli mm. 



Pkophanes brevicostatus, n.sp. 



Elongate-ovate, convex; subnitid coppery bronze above, undeiside more bril- 

 liant, the depressed areas on upper surface clothed with short pale hair. 



Head flat, labnim very prominent, closely and coarsely punctate, distance 

 between eyes equal to the diameter of one eye; antennal orbit raised and forming 

 a right angle with sides of epistoma, antennae thin, extending beyond base of 

 prothorax, the two apical joints wider than rest, joint 3 one and a half times 

 as long as 4; 4-7 subequal, 8-11 successively shorter. Prothorax with surface de- 

 pressed and uneven; base and apex bisinuate, the anterior angles forming acute 

 teeth pointing nearly directly foi-ward and upward, posterior angles also dentate 

 pointing obliquely outwards, sides slightly roimded in middle, sinuate in front 

 and behind, disc coarsely pimctate, more spai-sely in middle, more thickly at 

 sides, with a deep transveree depression in middle, connected with two wide 

 depressions near apex, a wide, shallow depression near each side. Scutellum 

 large, triangmlar and nitid. EMra wider than prothorax at base, very convex 



