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P. XANTHOLiNoiDEs, Macl. Co-type. 



P. NiGRiTULUS, Gfcav. Hab. — West Australia ; New South 

 Wales; Tasmania. 



QUEDIUS LURIDIPENNIS, Macl. 



Specimens compared and agreeing with the types of this species 

 agree with the description of Q. semiviolaceus, and also with a 

 specimen sent to me under the latter name by the Rev. T. 

 Blackburn. I have specimens from New South Wales and 

 W^estern Australia. 



Q. FEROX, Blackb. Hah. — Tasmania. 



Q. Andersoni, Blackb. Hah. — Swan River, W.A. 



Q. CUPRINUS, Fvl. Hah. — New South Wales; Tasmania. 



Q. SiDNEENSis, Fvl. Hah. — New South Wales; Tasmania. 



Q. suLCicoLLis, Fvl. Hah. — New South Wales; West Aus- 

 tralia. 



Q. RUBRicoLLis, Fvl. Hah. — Clarence River, N.S.W. 



Q. PiCEOLUS, Fvl. Hah. — Forest Reefs, N.S.W. 



Q. DivERSiPENNis, Fvl. Hoh. — West Australia (widely dis- 

 tributed). 



Q. HYBRIDUS, Er. Hah. — West Australia; New South Wales; 

 Tasmania. 



Q. RUFicoLLis, Grav. Hah. — Tasmania; New South Wales. 



Q, ANALis, Macl. Hah. — Queanbeyan, Windsor, N.S.W. 



Xantholinus Olliffi, Lea. 



The Rev. T. Blackburn"^ states that this name is probably a 

 synonym of X. 2)ho3nicopte7'us, Er.; but in this he is mistaken. 

 I have numerous specimens from various parts of Australia and 

 Tasmania, which agree well with both Erich son's and Fauvel's 

 descriptions, and also with specimens identified as X. phoenicop- 

 terus by the late Mr. A. S. Olliff. Erichson's species has elytra 



* Trans. E. Soc. S. Aust., 1902, Vol. xxvi., Part 1, p. 20. 

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