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Carphurus invenustus, Lea. 

 A male, from Illawarra, has parts of the elytra obscurely 

 diluted with red. 



Carphurus alterniventris, Fairm. 

 Two females, from Cairns, in Dr. Ferguson's collection, 

 have the legs almost entirely black and the head black, with 

 an almost round, red spot, half-way between the base and 

 apex. A male, from Gayndah, has a pale vitta on the side 

 of each elytron, from the base to near the middle, touching 

 the side at the base, but not at the middle ; a female mounted 

 with it (and a similar one from Cairns) has the vitta reduced 

 to an isolated spot near the side, its head has a large circular 

 red space, rendered rather conspicuous by the adjacent surface 1 

 being infuscated. 



Carphurus cristatifrons, Fairm. 



A female, from Mount Tambourine, has a longitudinal 

 black spot on the disc of the pronoturn. 



Carphurus elongatus, Macl. 



Of two males, from Aspendale (Victoria), in Dr. Fer- 

 guson's collection, one has the apical three-fifths of elytra 

 black, except that the inner angle of each is obscurely diluted 

 with red ; its prothoracic spots are normal ; the other has the 

 prothorax immaculate, and the inner angles of the elytra no 

 paler than the adjacent parts. 



Carphurus gallinaceus, n. sp. 



<S . Flavous; abdomen reddish-flavous ; base of head,, 

 scutellum, mesosternum, metasternum, and coxae black; 

 seven apical joints of antennae infuscated or black ; labrum 

 slightly infuscated. With sparse and very short pubescence 

 in parts, and with long, straggling, dark hairs. 



Head with a wide, semidouble excavation between eyes, 

 and a smaller (but large one) on each side, each of the 

 latter bounded inwards by a strong, curved elevation, the 

 two elevations connected in front ; base punctate and trans- 

 versely strigose. Antennae moderately long, third to ninth 

 joints serrated. Prothorax slightly longer than greatest 

 width (near apex), sides evenly rounded, a wide shallow 

 depression near base, and a shallower one near apex. Elytra 

 about twice the length of prothorax and much wider than 

 its base, each side near apex with a conspicuous notch, the 

 margins of the notch thickened, its anterior end obtusely 

 pointed, the posterior end armed with a flat, acute spine> 



