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1. B. Masterm M. Leay, 1. c. Long. 8 mm. Nitidus, punctulatus, villosus; capite nigro, antice arcuatim 



impresso, parte antica antennarumque articulis 3 primis rufis, articuli 3' dente ceterisque nigris, 

 prothorace rufo, postice leviter angustato, rotundato, margine basali curvato; scutello nigro; elytris 

 prothorace latioribus, abdomine fere dimidio brevioribus, leviter punctatis, subtruncatis, chalybeo- 

 cyaneis, basi rufis; abdomine basi rufo, apice nigro, vesiculis lateralibus rubris ; coxis an ticis rufis. — 

 Gayndah. (M. G.) 



2. B. janthinipennis. Long. 4Va mm. Elongatus, nigro- cyaneus, nitidor, protliorace abdominisque basi 



rubris, elytris janthinis, antennis nigris basi rufis, nigro- villosus; capite sat magno, tenuiter punctato, 

 inter oculos impressiusculo, antennis ab articulo 4° longe pectinatis, nigro- villosis, articulo 3° breviter 

 producto; prothorace subquadrato, angulis omnibus rotundatis, lsevi, fusco vage plagiato; scutello 

 transverso, brevi, nigro; elytris protliorace paulo latioribus, apice oblique truncatis, sat fortiter 

 punctatis, abdomine multo brevioribus, hoc planato, longius ac densius villoso, segmentis lateribus 

 arcuatis. — Sidney. (M. G.) 



Bien different du precedent par la petite taille et la coloration. 



II me semble qu'il faut rapprocher de cette espece Tinsecte suivant: 

 3. Carphurus brevipennis Germ. Linn. Ent. III, 183. Long. 4'Aj mm. Niger, ore, antennarum basi, collo, 

 thorace abdominisque basi rufis, elytris abbreviatis cyaneis. Caput majusculum, remote punctatum, 

 sanguineum, fascia intra oculos lata nigra. Antenna? 11 articulata? inter oculos insertse, articulis 

 2 primis rufis, reliquis d* pectinatis, ¥ serratis. Thorax oblongus, lateribus rotundatus, ad basin 

 angustatus, punctis singulis setiferis adspersus, sanguinseus, nitidus. Scutellum majusculum, 

 transversum, nigrum. Elytra thorace fere duplo longiora, apice truncata, abdomine multo breviora, 

 parum punctata, parce setosa, cyanea, nitida. Pectus nigrum. Abdomen nigrum, segmentis 2 primis 

 rufis. Pedes nigri, tarsis omnibus 5 articulatis, articulis 2 penultimis brevibus cordatis. — 

 Adelaide. (8p. invis.) 



4. Balanophoms ? Uplagiatus. Long. 5 mm. Oblongo-elongatus, convexiusculus, villosus, ruber, elytris 

 rufotestaceis, ante apicem macula fusca transversim signatis, abdomine coccineo, apice late nigro, 

 pectore nigro, pedibus fuscis, antennis testaceis, articulo ultimo obscuro; oculis grossis, convexis, 

 breviter ovatis, antennis ab articulo tertio longe flabellatis, prothorace convexo, subquadrato, angulis 

 rotundatis, punctulato, post medium transversim impresso; scutello brevi, rufo, punctulato; elytris 

 prothorace paulo latioribus, plus duplo longioribus, apice rotundatis, densissime tenuiter punctatis, 

 apice obsoletius, abdomine parum brevioribus. Peak Downs. (M. G.) 



Differe des autres Balanophoms par le corps plus convexe, la tete plus courte, plus convexe, les yeux 

 plus gros, plus globuleux, les antennes bien plus longuement flabelleis, Tabdomen bien moins d6- 

 couvert, ä segments non aplatis, non arrondis sur les bords, le dernier plus grand que les autres. 



HETEROMERA. 



Licymnms strigicollis. Long. 4V«-— 7 mm. Postice attenuatus, obscure rufescens, subtus niger, capite 

 (ore excepto) nigro, opaco, antennis fusco brunneis, femorum apice saepius nigricante, tibiis basi 

 obscuris: capite dense et sat fortiter punctato, antennis compressis, apicem versus paulo latioribus, 



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