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respect are those referred to "G. Antennae subpectinate or 

 very strongly serrate." Upon these the following comments 

 are offered : — 



elegans, Lea. The comb on the front tarsus of each of 

 the types is unusually long, and as the serrations of the 

 antennae are rather less pronounced than in females of 

 Balanophorus it was probably correctly referred to Carphurus. 



longipes, Lea. The type is in the Macleay Museum, and 

 I have not re-examined it. 



rariipennis, Lea. The type female is without conibs, and 

 so is a Carphurus, the serrations of the antennae of the male 

 are very pronounced. A male in Mr. Carter's collection, from 

 Stradbroke Island, has the middle femora entirely pale, and 

 the hind ones dark only at the apical third; a female, in the 

 Queensland Museum, has the elytra entirely pale. 



lepiduSj Lea. The type has combs and in appearance 

 is very similar to a female of B. scapulatus, but its elytral 

 punctures are denser and sharply defined, and hence it is 

 probabaly a Carphurus. 



maculiventris, Lea. The type is a female without combs, 

 and so is a Carphurus. 



apiciventris, Lea. The type of the species and a speci- 

 men of the variety dub i us have combs, but until both sexes 

 are known it .is desirable to leave the species in Carphurus. 



bifoveatus, Lea. Although in general appearance very 

 close to B. janthinipennis the female is without combs, and 

 •so is a Carphurus. 



triimpressus, Lea. See note as Balanophorus triim- 

 pressus. 



pictipes, Lea. Two females are combless, and so belong 

 to Carphurus. 



rhagonychinus, Fairm. See note as B. rhagonychinus. 



simulator, Lea. The type has combs and is probablv a 

 female Balanophorus, as structurally it is very close to a 

 female of B. rhagonychinus. 



Balanophorus brevipennis, Germ. 



Two specimens, sexes, of this species in Mr. F. E. 

 Wilson's collection, from Gisborne (Victoria), have the head 

 entirely red. 



Balanophorus pictus, Lea. 



A male, from Melville Island, in the National Museum, 

 has the greater portion of the legs black, but otherwise 

 agrees well with a cotype of this species. A specimen from 

 the Forrest River (North Western Australia) is evidently a 

 female of the species, its colours are much as in the male, 

 ^except that the tip of the abdomen is black, that parts of 



