BY AKTHUi; M. LEA 'ifio 



third from the apex, is marked by a small black spot on each 

 side. On the elytra, an oblique irregular vitta extends from 

 each shoulder to about the middle: beyond the middle there is 

 an irregular fascia not quite touching the suture; each side of the 

 apex has a narrow curved stripe, and there is a nari'ow stripe on 

 each outer margin from the base almost to the postmedian fascia. 

 On the pvgidium, there is a subtriangular spot on each side, each 

 with a small median black spot. On the mesosternum, there is a 

 small spot on each side; and a larger one on each side of the meta- 

 sternum. On the abdomen, the first segment has a curved spot 

 on each side partly visible from above; the second, third, and 

 fourth have a transverse spot on each side of the middle, and a 

 smaller subtriangular one on each side; and the fifth has a wide 

 median spot or fascia not quite extending to the sides. 



Platedelosis velutina Macl. 



Mr. C French has, from Somerset (Queensland), a specimen of 

 this species, with the whole of the upper surface highly polished. 

 A specimen in my own collection, from the Endeavour River, has 

 the derm polished in patches. Under a Coddington lens, the 

 polish appears as if due to varnish, but I thinlc it is probably due 

 to the effects of some preservative. 



CaCOCHRO^ (iVMXOPLEUKA Fisch. 



Mr. C. French has, from the Endeavour River, a specimen of 

 this species, that differs from the typical form in having the elytra 

 darker than the prothorax, the latter with a rather small infus- 

 cate spot on each side (smaller and more marginal than in the 

 bimaculate variety of C. variabilis). The pygidium is of a 

 brighter colour, with only the extreme margins blackish; the 

 femora reddish, and the tibiaj and tarsi darker, but not black (as 

 in the normal form). 



A specimen in my own collection, from near the Jenolan Caves, 

 is smaller, more convex, and hairier than usual, with the pro- 

 thorax, legs, and pygidium entirely deep black, and the elytra 

 blackish only about the shoulders. 



