BY THE EEV. T. BLACKBURN. 813- 



darker, and that the dark color of the hind part of the head is 

 rather strongly and angularly produced in the middle into thfr 

 testaceous color of the front. Its shape, however, is very different, 

 being very much less convex than that of C. tripunctatus, with the 

 elytra more dilated behind, — at the widest part behind the middle 

 these are considerably more than half again as wide as at the 

 base, — their sides running in an almost straight line, absolutely 

 from the base, to the widest part and the lateral vitta being of 

 quite even width from base to apex. The head, prothorax, and 

 basal portion of elytra bear a few long irregular scratches. The 

 rows of punctures on the elytra scarcely differ from the same in 

 G. trijninctafics, but the general surface of the elytra is more 

 closely and evidently coriaceous so as to appear much less nitid, 

 and is evenly and rather closely studded with small elevated round 

 pustules which, however, become gradually smaller and less 

 elevated from the base to the apex. Immediately within the 

 inner line of punctures, these pustules run in two even parallel 

 rows from the base to the apex, having a narrow smooth space 

 between them. There is some indication of a similar sculpture 

 immediately within the external row of punctures, but these outer 

 rows of pustules leave their line of punctures near the front and 

 bend obliquely across to the base of the inner rows. 



Northern Territory of South Australia ; taken by Professor 

 Tate. 



PALPICORNES. 



Sternolophus tenebricosus, sp.nov. 



Convexus ; minus elongatus ; nitidus ; niger ; antennis, labro 

 antice, palpisque labialibus, rufo-testaceis ; supra subtilissime 

 crebre punctulatus ; capite prothorace et elytris punctis majoribus 

 seriatim positis (his capillos subtiles ferentibus) instructis ; pro- 

 thorace antice sequaliter emarginato, subtus subtiliter ci'ebre 

 punctulatus, crebre breviter pubescens. 



[Long. 5^ lines, lat. 2J lines (vix). 



