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of the Hope Museum specimen do not agree with those given by 

 Hope. Mine give 20 X 15 mm., while Hope's description (incor- 

 rectly quoted by Macleay as 8| x 7f lines) gives 8| x 6f lines. 



«S'. magister Pasc. — PteroheUeus Icarus Carter = Saragus 

 magister Pasc. — Suspecting this species to be out of place amongst 

 Sympetes, and my evidence suggesting the above synonymy, I 

 sent a specimen of my P. Icarus to Mr. Gahan, who writes — 

 "aS'. magister Pasc, is, as you correctly surmise, a true Saragus, 

 with mesosternum hollowed out for reception of the prosternum. 

 The specimen you send appears to be the same species, allowing 

 for a certain amount of variation. It is a little larger than 

 either of Pascoe's two specimens, with the prothorax a little more 

 expanded at the sides, and the margins more convex. Your 

 specimen also shows some rows of very small punctures on the 



front half of the disc of the elytra It is certainly 



conspecific with one of our two specimens. The other (the actual 

 type described) differs in having no punctures on the elytra, 

 except the row at the junction of the explanate border." This 

 must, I think, establish the above synonymy. Together with 

 P. Darwini Lea, lately examined by me, through the courtesy of 

 Mr. Lea, S. magister forms a valuable link in the chain connect- 

 ing Pterohelceus with Saragus. The short metasternum in both, 

 with the merely rudimentary wings, clearly separate them from 

 PteroheUevs, while it is probable that a dissection of fresh speci- 

 mens of many species of Saragus would show some approximation 

 to these rudiu)entai-y wings. As it is inadvisable to create a new 

 genus on so (to my mind) insufficient a character, both species 

 must at present be referred to Saragus. I have not, however, 

 been able to find these wings, so far, in S. Pascoei MacL, (tlie 

 nearest in general facies to *S'. magister Pasc). The wings in aS'. 

 magister extend about half-way from base to apex, and less than 

 half-way from sides to suture, being attached near the shoulders. 

 The species has a wide distribution over the inland parts of South 

 Queensland and New South Wales. My specimens are fronv 

 Forbes and Toowoomba, and all have the fine punctuation noticed 

 by Mr. Gahan, but omitted from my description (possibly obscured 



by grease at the time). 

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