BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 93 



ELONGATULA, Macl. {Rhizopertlia^ Macl.), Lesne, I.e., p. 568, 

 figs. 395, 396, 397— West Australia, Queensland, New South 

 Wales. 



GEMINA, Lesne, ?.c , p. 569, fig. 398 — Queensland. 



Leai, Lesne, I.e., p. 564, figs. 391-392; p. 570, figs. 399, 400, 

 401, 402, 403— Tasmania. 



HiRTicoLLis, Blackb. {Xylopertha, Blackb.), Lesne, I.e., p. 572, 

 figs. 400, 405, 406— West Australia. 



mystica, Blackb. {Xylopertlia, Blackb.), Lesne, I.e., p. 574 — 

 South Australia. 



Xylothrips, Lesne, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1901, 620. 



RELiGiosus, Boisd. {Bostrychus, Boisd.), Lesne, I.e., p. 620, fig. 

 473; p. 624, figs. 476-477— Queensland.-^f 



Xylopsocus, Lesne, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1901, 627. 



RiJBiDUs, Lesne, I.e., p 629, fig. 480 — West Australia. 



castanoptera, Fairm., Lesne, I.e., p. 635 : X. affinis, Brancsik 

 — Australia (without exact locality). 



GiBBicoLLis, Macl. {Rhizopertlia, Macl.), Lesne, I.e., p. 627, 

 fig. 479; p. 638, fig. 488: X. viduus, Blackb. (Xylopertha, Blackb.) 

 — Australia (all States) and Tasmania. 



CISTELID^. 

 Synatractus variabilis, Macl. 

 As Sir William Macleay has stated, the colour of this species 

 is very variable. The under surface varies from a dingy testaceous- 

 red to a dull brown; the legs are occasionally entirely dark, but 

 usually the base of the femora is paler; sometimes the tibi?e and 

 apex of femora are but little more than lightly infuscate; the 

 antennae vary from a rather light brown to almost black; usuall}^ 

 the 2nd joint and apex of the 1st are paler than the rest; some- 

 times the three basal joints are quite pale. One specimen under 

 examination has the entire upper surface dark, another has the 



* This species was unknown to Mens. Lesne from Australia; but I have 

 received specimens from the Macleay Museum as coming from Queensland. 

 Subsequently I received specimens from Cairns, Q. 



