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less than half the width of the inter-ocular space. Antennae 

 with third joint acutely produced on one side, each of the 

 seven following joints with a long ramus. Prothorax slightly- 

 longer than wide, sides gently rounded, a shallow depression 

 near base. Elytra about twice as long as wide; with dense, 

 small and distinct, but not very sharply denned punctures. 

 Basal joint of front tarsi large, lopsided, partly concealing 

 second joint, with a black comb from base to apex on inner 

 side. Length, 6 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Cairns district (F. P. Dodd). Type 

 •(unique), I. 11954. 



About the size of the typical form of B. scapulatus, 

 but with much smaller eyes than the male of that species, 

 being only the size of those of its female (this character also 

 •distinguishes it from the description of B. megalops). In my 

 table (16) it would be associated with B. mastersi and B. pictus, 

 but is is much smaller and otherwise different from those 

 species. The head and prothorax have a somewhat redder tone 

 than the other pale parts; the pale portion of the elytra occu- 

 pies hardly more than the slope adjacent to the prothorax. 



Carphurus armipennis, Fairm. 



A male of this species, from Port Denison, has a wide 

 space along the suture pale, and an obscurely pale latero- 

 apical spot. 



Carphurus pallidifrons, Lea. 



A female, from Aspendale (Victoria), in Dr. Ferguson's 

 collection, has the front tibiae and the tips of all the femora 

 flavous. A male, from the Victorian Alps, in the National 

 Museum, probably belongs to the species, but has a con- 

 spicuous curved red mark connecting the eyes. 



Carphurus longicollis, Lea. 



A male, from Cairns, has the abdomen and tibiae entirely 

 reddish. 



Carphurus frenchi, Lea. 



A female, from the Blue Mountains, in Dr. Ferguson's 

 collection, has the pale basal markings of the elytra larger 

 than usual, and the prothorax with an irregular, infuscate 

 blotch. 



Carphurus punctatus, Lea. 



A specimen, from Launceston, has the prothorax with a 

 large black spot on each side, much as on some varieties of 

 <7. elongatus, but the two species are otherwise very distinct. 



(16) Lea. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1909, p. 180. 



