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punctures. Tip of abdomen with a wide process on each 

 side. Basal joint of front tarsi with a small comb on inner 

 edge. Length, 3 mm. 



Hab .—South Australia: Adelaide (Blackburn's col- 

 lection). Type (unique), I. 11946. 



A curious species that in some respects seems nearer 

 Helcogaster than Carphwus, and for which possibly a new 

 genus should have been proposed ; the elytra are shorter than 

 in any other species of the allied genera, being shorter than 

 the head and prothorax combined, and shorter than their 

 own basal width; the tip of the abdomen also is peculiar, 

 in addition to the process on each side there is a pointed 

 median one on the type (probably the tip of an oedeagus) ; 

 most of the antennal joints have numerous rather long hairs. 



Carphurus cribratus, n. sp. 



<S . Black; front half of head, four basal joints of 

 antennae, prothorax (except for a wide subapical fascia), 

 basal two-fifths of elytra, tips and sides of subapical segment 

 of abdomen distinctly, and of some of the others inconspicu- 

 ously flavous ; tibiae and most of tarsi flavous, or testaceo- 

 flavous. With sparse, whitish pubescence, and long, dark 

 hairs. 



Head with small tubercles and depressions on front half ; 

 with small, dense punctures. Antennae rather long and thin. 

 Prothorax about as long as the greatest width (near apex), 

 an inconspicuous depression across base; with dense punctures, 

 in places transversely confluent. Elytra more than twice the 

 length of prothorax; with dense and sharply defined punc- 

 tures, but some of them confluent. Basal joint of front tarsi 

 with a black comb at inner apex. Length ( tf , 9 )> 3-3*5 mm. 



9 . Differs in having the head smaller, less uneven, and 

 with more distinct punctures in front, eyes smaller, antennae 

 shorter, abdomen much wider, and front tarsi combless. 



Hab. — Queensland: Bundaberg (Blackburn's collection). 

 Type, I. 11948. 



In my table ( 17) would be associated with C. elongates, 

 from which it differs in its coarser elytral punctures and 

 sculpture of head. The fine pubescence on the prothorax, 

 from some directions, causes the punctures to appear like 

 strigae. On the male there is a scarcely traceable infuscation 

 about the scutellum, but on the female it is more pro- 

 nounced; the black prothoracic fascia is nearer the apex than 

 base, but it varies in extent on the three specimens before me. 



(17) Lea, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1909, p. 188. 



