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Carphurus facialis, Fairm., Pet. Noiiv. Ent., 1877, 

 p. 161 ; Journ. Mus. Godeffr., 1879, p. 107. 



A male from Sydney (the original locality) agrees with 

 Fairmaire's description, except in having the tarsi (except 

 at base) and the apex of tibiae infuscate. 



Hah. N. S. Wales : Sydney. 



Carphurus alterniventris, Fairm., Journ. Mus. Godeffr., 

 1879, p. 108 ; Lea, P. L. S., N.S.W., 1895, p. 251. 



Of five specimens of this species before me two have 

 the head entirely pale, the third has a transverse fascia 

 between the eyes, the fourth has the sides and base dark, 

 and the fifth has the head entirely dark except for a rather 

 large indistinct subbasal spot. 



Hah. Queensland : Peak Downs ; N. S. Wales : 

 Tweed and Clarence Rivers, Sydney. 



Carphurus armipennis, Fairm., Journ. Mus. Godeffr., 

 1879, p. 109. 



The type of this species was a male and from Queens- 

 land. It had the head 6-foveate, abdomen red and the 

 elytra armed, with their suture reddish. This species is 

 somewhat variable in colour and there are several others 

 having the elytra of the males somewhat similarly armed, 

 but differing in the colour of the abdomen, sculpture and 

 clothing of head, and punctures of elytra. 



The elytra are very variable in colour, occasionally being 

 entirely dark, but often with the suture reddish, not in- 

 frequently there is a wide subbasal reddish fascia, or this 

 fascia may be broken up into irregular spots, or with an 

 extension reaching almost to the apex. 



The female, as a rule, is larger than the male, has the 

 head with several feeble impressions and the elytra simple; 

 the latter are sometimes dark and sometimes their sides 

 and suture are reddish, but I have seen no specimens in 

 which they are fasciate. 



Hah. Queensland : Cairns, Bowen, Port Denison. 



Carphurus basipennis, Fairm., /. c, p. 109. 



I have previously identified and tabulated a South 

 Australian insect as this species, and indeed it agrees very 

 well with the original description ; but it is so unlikely 



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