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the tibiae are infuscated, and that the blue of the elytra 

 occupies more of the surface; the antennae are strongly 

 serrated only. 



Balanophorus triimpressus, Lea (formerly Carphurus). 



Deceived by its tarsal combs I described the type of this 

 species as a male Carphurus, but Mr. F. E. Wilson has 

 recently taken, at Ringwood in Victoria, a true male of the 

 species, and it is a Balanophorus, with long rami on the 

 antennae after the third joint. It has denser and smaller, 

 but more sharply defined punctures on the elytra than on 

 B. janthinipennis , from which, as also from B. victories si s y 

 it may be distinguished by the eyes being much larger ; on 

 the female they are as large as on the males of those species r 

 and on the male about twice as large, being almost as large 

 as on the male of B. scapulatus. 



Balanophorus rhagonychinus, Fairm. (formerly 

 Carphurus). 



This species is also a Balanophorus, its male having 

 flabellate antennae much as in the above species, and in B^ 

 scapulatus; its eyes are much as in the latter species. In 

 both sexes the femora and tibiae vary from entirely pale to 

 entirely dark; on the female the femora are often infuscated 

 in the middle, on one female the only dark part of the head 

 is a conspicuous fascia connecting the eyes. Specimens 

 before me are from Sydney, Blue Mountains, Eden, Kangaroo 

 Valley, and Mittagong, in New South Wales ; and near 

 Brisbane, in Queensland. 



Balanophorus janthinipennis, Fairm. 



Two specimens, sexes, from Galston, differ from the 

 typical form of this species in having the abdomen dark, 

 except for the sides of the three basal segments, the elytra 

 blackish-purple, and the second joint of antennae entirely 

 pale ; the elytral punctures are also smaller, although much 

 more distinct than on B. victoriensis. 



Balanophorus concinnus, n. sp. 



d" . Flavous; elytra (except extreme base), and apical 

 two-thirds of hind femora black, part of metasternum, eight 

 apical joints of antennae, tarsi, and hind tibiae more or less 

 deeply infuscated. With blackish hairs, denser on elytra,, 

 and longer on sides of abdomen, than elsewhere. 



Head rather wide, a shallow depression each side in 

 front ; base punctate and transversely strigose. Each eye 



