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becoming irregular in front and marked by a small oblique 

 tubercle on each side between the eyes. 



A specimen representing a variety is in Mr. Froggatt's 

 collection. It differs from the type in having the basal 

 fourth of the elytra testaceous. 



Hah. N. S. Wales : Gosford, Blue Mountains, Richmond 

 River, Sydney, Galston ; Victoria : Lilydale. 



Carphurus latipennis, Lea, I. c, p. 223. 



This species is very close to cervicalis, but is larger, the 

 elytra are wider with denser and more clearly defined 

 punctures and the reddish margins to the abdomen are 

 much narrower. 



Hah. N. S. Wales: Forest Reefs, Sydney; Victoria: 

 Brighton; W. AUSTRALIA: Swan River. 



Carphurus apiciventris. Lea, l. c, p. 257. 

 var. duhius, Lea, I. c, p. 257. 



There are three males of this species in the Macleay 

 Museum and all have the legs (except parts of the tarsi) 

 and the head entirely pallid. 



Rah. N. S. Wales : Galston, Lane Cove, Otford. 



Carphurus bifoveatus, Lea, /. c, p. 258. 



The types of this pretty little species are both males ; 

 in appearance they are much like the females of Balano- 

 pliorus jantkinipennis, but have the elytra very feebly 

 punctate. The female has the front tarsi simple but the 

 antennal serrations are much as in the males; of two 

 specimens before me one has the front tibiae red and 

 abdomen as in the males, the other has the front tibiae 

 dark and four apical segments of abdomen black, the basal 

 one being entirely (instead of partly) red. 



Hah. N. S. Wales : Galston, Sydney. 



Carphurus invenustus, Lea, /. c, 1901, p. 482. 



A female from Sydney differs from the type female in 

 having the basal two-fifths of head deep black, and the 

 prothorax almost without traces of the dark lateral patches. 



Hah. N. S. Wales : Nowra, Sydney. 



