182 Mr. Arthur M. Lea's Revision of the 



The lengths have been given to apex of elytra as 

 well as the total lengths, as I believe the former are 

 more important, and certainly are not so liable to alter- 

 ation through the contraction which takes place in pinned 

 or badly set specimens. 



Genus Balanophorus,* Macl., Trans. Ent. Soc, N. S. 

 Wales, II, p. 267. 



The males of this genus can be readily recognised by 

 their having flabellate antennae. There are two sections 

 of the genus ; the mastersi, having the eyes comparatively 

 small in both sexes ; and the madeayi, in which the eyes 

 of the male are very large, occupying more than half the 

 total width. As above noted I am unable to define any 

 character by which a female of the genus can, to a certainty, 

 be distinguished from a male Carphurus. 



I do not know hiplaf/iatits and mcgalo2')S, both of which 

 are commented on below; and I have excluded hrevipennis 

 from the table owing to doubts as to which section of the 

 genus it belongs to, even if it is not a Carphurus. It is 

 however an easily recognised species. 



The others f may be tabulated as follows : — 



A. Eyes occupying fully half the width 

 of head in male. 



a. Head partly dark scapulatus, Fairm.J 



art. Head entirely pale madeayi, Lea. 



AA. Eyes occupying much less than half 

 the width of head in male. 

 B. Elytra bicolorous. 



b. Head partly dark . . . inastersi, Macl. 

 hb. Head entirely pale . . . pictus, n. sp. 

 BB. Elytra unicolorous. 



C. Elytra distinctly punctured . janthinipennis, Fairm. 

 CC. Elytra indistinctly punctured wcfonewsis, n. sp. 



* The name Balanophorus will have to be altered, as it was used 

 in 1825 by Briganti for a genus of worms. 



t The description of ater was drawn up after this table was 

 prepared. 



X To judge by the descriptions biplagiatus and megalops may be 

 tabulated with scapulatus as follows : — 



Less than half of elytra dark biplagiatus, Fairm. 



More than half of elytra dark. 



More than half of legs pale .... scapulatus, Fairm. 



Less than half of legs pale . . megalops, Lea. 



