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plus minusve obsoleta, pectore abdominisque segmentis 2°, 3° que nigris, antennis fuscis, articulis 3 

 primis rufis, femoribus fuscis, tarsis apice obscurioribus; c* capite inter oculos bisulcato, spatio 

 intermedio oblonge elevato, summo gibberoso, utrinque foveato; antennis corporis medio longioribus, 

 articulis 7 ultimis compressis, latis. intus serratis; prothorace latitudine paulo longiore, margine 

 postico elevato, paulo pallidiore, angulis posticis obtusiusculis, antice utrinque impresso, basi 

 transversim depresso; scutello testaceo, subtruncato; elytris basi prothorace vix latioribus, mox 

 ampliatis, apice subtruncatis, prothorace parum plus duplo longioribus, dense sat tenuiter punctato- 

 rugosulis; abdomine punctulato. — Peak Downs. (M. Gr.) 



16. Carphurus alter nkentris. Long. 5 — 6 mm. Elongatus planatus, atrocyaneus, nigrovillosus, prothorace, 



abdominis basi et segmento penultimo, capite (summo excepto), antennarum basi, tibiis tarsisque rufis, 

 Iiis apice nigris, coxis anticis rubris; femoribus anticis apice rufis; capite fere concavo, tenuiter sat dense 

 punctato, inter oculos biimpresso et supra transversim sulcato, antennis crassiusculis, medium corporis 

 haud attingentibus, basi magis tenuibus, articulis 7 ultimis compressis, latioribus, serratis nigris; 

 prothorace latitudine vix longiore, postice attenuato, medio longitudinaliter elevato, et utrinque 

 biimpresso, angulis anticis rotundatis, margine postico fere recto; scutello brevissimo rufo; elytris' 

 prothorace paulo latioribus et fere triplo longioribus, apice ampliatis et truncatis, tenuiter sat dense 

 punctulatis, apice obsoletius, sutura basi rufescente; abdomine planato, tenuissime punctulato, 

 segmentis utrinque impressis. — Peak Downs. (M. Gr.) 



17. Carphurus cyaneipennis M. Leay, Trans. Ent. N. S. Wales, 1872, 265. Long. 8 mm. Angustus, 



pallide rufus, villosus; capite antice foveolato, antennarum articulis primis latis, supra emarginatis; 

 prothorace capite haud latiore, apice truncato, postice gradatim rotundato, antice posticeque late 

 transversim impresso; elytris abdomine dimidio brevioribus, apice separatim rotundatis, irregulariter 

 punctatis, cyaneis; abdomine nigro, segmentis primis rufo marginatis, tribus apicalibus rufis; pedibus 

 abdominisque lateribus longe pilosis. — G-ayndah. 

 1«. Carphurus amreipennis M. Leay, Trans. Ent. N. S. Wales, 1872, 266. Long. 7 mm. Elongatus, 

 nitidus, longe nigro- villosus 1 ; capite rufo, exserto, postice angustato, inter oculos profunde biimpresso; 

 antennis nigris, subdentatis, articulis 2 primis rufis; prothorace rufo, latitudine longiore, antice 

 truncato, postice leviter angustato, basi leviter rotundato et transversim impresso; scutello obscure 

 rufo, transverso; elytris brevibus, profunde cseruleis, punctatis, truncatis; abdomine nigro, segmentis 

 2 primis rufis; pedibus nigris. — Gayndah. (Sp. inris.) 



D. Elytra fusca unicoloria. 



Ii». Carphurus phäonthoides. Long. 5 — 6 mm. Elongatus, angustus, rufotestaceus , nigro-hirtus, elytris, 

 femoribus antennisque (articulis 4 primis exceptis) fuscis, segmentis abdominalibus interdum basi 

 infuscatis: capite punctulato, inter oculos leviter impresso, antennis compressis, apice paulo latioribus, 

 valde dentatis; prothorace breviter ovato, postice attenuato, basi truncato, antice valde rotundato, 

 basi pallidiore et transversim valde impresso; elytris prothorace paulo latioribus, duplo longioribus, 

 postice vix ampliatis, apice truncatis, dense tenuiter rugulose punctatis, cinereo-pubescentibus; 

 abdomine longiore, magis attenuato. — Pockhampton. (M. Gr,) 



20. Carphurus rhagonychinus. Long. 4'Ai mm. Parallelus, nigrofuscus, nitidus, cinereo-pubescens, capite 

 antice, prothorace pedibusque rufis; capite antice vix impresso; antennis basi piceis, articulis 7 ultimis 

 infus gradatim acute productis; prothorace subquadrato, postice leviter attenuato; scutello lato, 

 truncato; elytris prothorace parum latioribus, sed triplo longioribus, apice truncatis, angulis rotundatis, 

 tenuissime punctulatis; abdomine sat longe hirto, segmentis basi impressis. — Sidney. (M. Gr.) 



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