532 STUDIES IX AUSTRALIAN ENTOMOLOGY, NO. XIV., 



impressions; postocular part of orbits larger and more swollen; 

 basal border of elytra more strongly dentate at humeral angles. 

 Length 15-16*5 x 4-l-4-4mm. 



Hah. — N.S.W. : Richmond River (Froggatt) — Q. : Gayndab 

 (Masters). 



5. MoRio Nov^-HOLLANDLE, Castelnau, I.e., p. 122. 



M. australasice, Chaudoir, Rev. tt Mag. Zool. 1869, p. 122; M. 

 seticollis, Maclea}', Z.c, p. 96. 



Smaller and more convex than J/. longicollis, Macl,; clypeus 

 not furrowed; postocular parts of orbits smaller. Length lO'O- 

 12x3-2-3-5mm. 



Hab. — Q. : Gayndah (Masters), Townsville and Cairns (Dodd). 



Note 1. — The specimens from Townsville and Cairns are of more 

 robust form, with the elytral stride distinctly punctate. I regard 

 them as in all probability representing M. germanus, Chaudoir 

 (Bull. Mosc. Iv. p. 361, 1880), but do not feel convinced of their 

 specific distinctness from the more southern form with simple 

 striae. 



Note 2. — There remains a doubt in my mind as to the identity 

 of M. australasice, Chaud. (of which I have not seen the descrip- 

 tion), with M. novce-hollandice, Casteln., although this synonymy 

 is given by Chaudoir in his Monograph. I am sure of my iden- 

 tification of Maclea^'^'s species, the types of which I have seen; 

 and 1 feel no doubt, from Castelnau's description, but that J/. 

 noiKB-hallandice = M. seiicoUis, Macl., but I cannot help thinking 

 that J/, longicollis, Macl., — which I regard as distinct from M. 

 novce-hollandice — was included under that species by Chaudoir in 

 his Monograph; his indicating that J/, novct'-hollayidicei^^ ^"^ecies 

 with the clypeus furrowed, and the postocular parts of the orbits 

 large (larger than in M. australis and J/, germanus) — opinions 

 I do not share, — makes this conclusion seem unavoidable. If 

 so, M. australasice may = M. longicollis, but even if that be the 

 case I hold to the opinion that the evidence available to me shows 

 31. seticollis, Macl., to be synonymous with M. novce-hollandice, 

 Casteln. 



