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HH. Abdomen entirely dark, or with- 

 out an entirely pale segment. 



I. Femora partly pale. 



tv. Abdomen entirely dark . . facialis, Fairm. 

 WW. Abdominal segments with 

 pale margins. 

 X. Pale margins very narrow latipeiwis, Lea. 

 XX. Pale margins of con- 

 siderable width . . cervicalis, Germ. 



II. Femora entirely dark. 

 J. Muzzle pale. 



y. Elytra dark, without me- 

 tallic gloss invemistiis, Lea. 



yy. Elytra metallic blue or 



green palliiHfrons, n. sp. 



J. J. Muzzle dark. 



K. Large and comparatively 



robust cyanopterus, Boh. 



KK. Very narrow and 



elongate .... angxistatus, Lea. 



Carphurus cervicalis, Germ., Linn. Ent., Ill, 1848, 

 p. 183 ; Fairm., Journ. Mus. Godeffr., 1879, p. 110. 



I have a specimen from S. Australia (from the Adelaide 

 Museum) named as cervicalis and agreeing with the de- 

 scription of that species, except that it is larger (3| 

 instead of 2i German lines).* Its head between the 

 eyes has a roughly circular impression. 



Two specimens from the Swan River may represent a 

 variety ; they have the elytra more of a coppery-green 

 with the greater part of the head black f and more dis- 

 tinctly punctate at the base, in one specimen four, in the 

 other five, of the basal joints of the antennae are red. 

 There are also other slight discrepancies, but as these two 

 specimens are males whilst the other is a female, I have 

 not ventured to treat them as other than a possible 

 variety. 



Hah. S. Australia : Yorke's Peninsula ; Victoria : 

 Chiltern. 



* Brevipemiis (the preceding species in Gerniar's paper) is described 

 as 2\ lines ; I have never seen specimens less than 3 German lines 

 in length. 



t The red portion of the head varies considerably in cervicalis. 



