630 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTBRA, 



Haplonyx fasciculatus, Bohem.; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5358; {S. 

 turtur, Pasc; H. venosus, Pasc.).— I am convinced that these are 

 but forms of a species extremely variable in size, colour of derm, 

 colour of dermal and length of fascicular scales; and of which I 

 have taken specimens in South Australia (the original locality of 

 Pascoe's specimens). New South Wales and West Australia. The 

 eyes are usually fringed with paler scales than on the rest of the 

 head; the space between the four prothoracic scales is usually, 

 but not always bare; in Western specimens the fascicular scales 

 are usually longer than in Eastern ones, and they are occasionally 

 decumbent. The scales at the base near the scutellum and on the 

 shoulders vary from a pure snowy-white to a sooty-grey, brown, 

 or ochre; on the under surface the scales vary from snowy-white 

 to dirty grey, and are much darker (usually reddish-brown) at 

 the sides. The rostrum of male is a little wider towards apex 

 than in female. Range of variation in size 2| x l|-5^ x 3^ mm. 



I have a small and extremely pretty little specimen which I 

 take to be one of the varieties of this species; the scales at the 

 side of the prothorax are snowy white, rather densely packed and 

 interrupted by an oblique line of black elongate ones; the elytra 

 have numerous interrupted fasciae of black, brown, ochreous and 

 snowy scales; it comes from Tam worth. Two other specimens 

 (from Tamworth and Forest Reefs) have the scales on the upper 

 surface entirely black, except a small white spot on each shoulder 

 and the remnants of two oblique vittse on the sides of prothorax. 

 Haplonyx Kirbyi, Fahrs.; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5362.— If I am 

 correct in my identification of this species, it is a rather broad 

 one which is very variable as regard size, some of my specimens 

 beinf^ fully five times as large as others; the largest measures 

 4i X 3^ mm. It is widely distributed in New South Wales. 



Haplonyx Macleayi, Chev.; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5364. — I 

 have a specimen from Cootamundra which is without white elytral 

 fascije, but as this is a character which is subject to variation or 

 occasional obliteration, and as in all other details it agrees 

 perfectly with the description of Macleayi, even to size, I am 

 nearly confident that it is that species. 



