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side in front, even more conspicuous than on hilaris; the 

 elytra are wider than on carteri, the costae are more pro- 

 nounced, and the sides are nowhere black op infuscated. The 

 mandibles are bifid. 



PSEUDOLYCUS CARTERI, n. Sp. 



d" . Black, shining, prothorax (a black median vitta 

 excepted), and elytra (parts of the margins excepted) flavous- 

 red. Moderately pubescent. 



Head moderately convex between eyes; with dense and 

 rather small but sharply-defined punctures. Antennae not 

 very thin, no joint inflated, eleventh not semidouble. Pro- 

 thorax slightly longer than wide, sides slightly dilated to near 

 apex, with a wide shallow depression across apex, and a less 

 distinct one towards base, at base with a deep but narrow 

 impression ; with dense, but more or less concealed punctures. 

 Elytra much wider than prothorax ; each with four discal 

 costae, of which the third is traceable only beyond the middle, 

 and the fourth (from above) appears to be marginal, suture 

 costate to base ; densely granulate-punctate. Length ( d , 9 ), 

 7-9| mm. 



9 . Differs in having stouter (but not flattened) antennae, 

 somewhat shorter prothorax, wider elytra, apical segment of 

 abdomen not triangularly incised at apex (as in the male), 

 and somewhat shorter legs. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Ben Lomond, November; 

 Gosford, November (H. J. Carter). Type, I. 6665. 



A very narrow species, in colour to a certain extent 

 resembling some varieties of haemopterus, but the prothorax 

 of very different shape and differently sculptured, the eyes 

 much more prominent, and the eleventh joint of antennae 

 not semidouble ; its tip is paler than its base, but there is 

 no false suture, as in haemopterus and most species of the 

 genus. The female has distinctly stouter antennae than the 

 male, much as in hilaris (except that the apical joint is 

 simple), to which it is nearer than to any previously-described 

 species (except vitticollis), but the prothorax is without the 

 three large impressions of that species, being more undulated 

 than excavated. The dark parts of the head, prothorax, and 

 under-surface have a more or less conspicuous greenish gloss, 

 the prothoracic vitta is almost parallel-sided, the dark parts 

 of the elytra are entirely marginal and concealed from above, 

 parts of the palpi, lower parts of some basal joints of the 

 antennae, and the space on each side between the eye and 

 mandible are obscurely pale ; there is a dark spot on each side 

 of the prothorax, but it is quite concealed from above. The 

 specimen from Gosford is a male, and differs considerably 



