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REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN AMARYGMIDES. 



By THE Rev. T. Blackburn, B,A., Cork. Mem. 



Part II. 



THE GENUS CHALCOPTERUS (continued). 



Since I forwarded to the Linnean Society the first part of this 

 memoir, Amm^ygmides have been pouring in to me in hirge 

 numbers from many valued correspondents, who wished me to 

 name their specimens, with the result that I have been obliged to 

 add some new species of Chcdco2?terus to those already described, 

 and to re-write my tabulation of the genus. I have also, through 

 the great kindness of Mr. Masters, had the opportunity of 

 inspecting the types of the two Amarygmides (velutinus and 

 viridicoUis — both Chalcopteri) described by Mr. W. S. Macleay, 

 and through the generosity of Mr. Olliflf have becouie possessed 

 of specimens compared with the types of several of Sir W. 

 Macleay's species, while Mr. Skuse has done me the favour of 

 confirming (by comparison with the types) two of my determi- 

 nations of Sir W. Macleay's species (Chalcopterus grandis and 

 Amaryg^nus striatusj, and of writing descriptions for me of two 

 of that learned author's species (ohsoletus and picijoes), which were 

 the only two remaining unknown to me. 



In one respect I have considered it desirable to depart from the 

 plaa I laid down for myself at the outset and mentioned in the 

 first part of this memoir by including in the tabulation the 

 species whose identification with existing descriptions I regard 

 as doubtful. On the whole I have thought it better to include 

 these for the purpose of giving greater completeness to my 

 ^' Revision." In doing sc I must repeat what I said at the 



