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a small tubercle in the exact centre of the head; foveae of under- 
surface moderately large, approximate, rough-walled; antennae 
slender, reaching intermediate coxae. Prothorax slightly longer 
than wide, not the width of head across eyes; somewhat mortar- 
shaped; convex in front; a broad and rather deep impression at 
base. Elytra no longer than head and prothorax combined, sides 
parallel, base and apex parallel. Basal joint of anterior tarsi not 
very large. Length to apex of elytra 2J, of abdomen 4; width 
| mm. 
Hah. — Sydney. 
A very peculiar species, abundantly distinct from any here 
described. I have another species somewhat resembling it but much 
narrower, and having eyes which, when wet, are of a most 
brilliant emerald green ; unfortunately it has lost its elytra, so I 
refrain from describing it. 
Carphurus cristatifrons, Fairm., Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 3421. 
Only the male of this species has been described; the female 
differs in being broader, without elytral armature, the head much 
smoother and with slenderer antennae. 
I have specimens from G-alston. 
Carphurus Blackburni, n.sp. 
(J. Elongate, shining, depressed. Black; elytra with an obscure 
purplish reflection; muzzle, two basal joints of antenna?, prothorax, 
apex of elytra, apex of penultimate abdominal segment, anterior 
tibiae, the four posterior more obscure, reddish-testaceous. 
Clothed all over — densest on abdomen, sparsest on sterna — with 
long blackish hairs. Head near the eyes rather strongly punctate; 
prothorax sparsely and minutely, elytra densely, not very minutely 
and obsoletely punctate; undersurface indistinctly punctate. 
Head much longer than wide ; eyes small, prominent, the sides 
rapidly decreasing in width behind them; a small fovea on each 
side in front; a short ridge behind them, obliquely behind them is 
a shallow depression, a very narrow impression between the eyes 
terminating at the ridge; antennae reaching posterior coxa?, 1st 
