506 NEW SPECIES OF aus'/ralian coleoptera, 



The suture, owing to its colour, appears to be carinate through- 

 out, but is really carinate (and very feebly so) only towards apex. 

 I have a specimen from Hobart which I believe belongs to this 

 species, but which has the femora piceous. 



SCYMNUS VAGANS, Blackb. 



A common species widely distributed in New South Wales, 

 Tasmania and Western Australia, and which may frequently be 

 seen feeding on "red spider" (Tetranychus telarius). Two Tas- 

 manian specimens have the elytra dark reddish-brown instead of 

 black. 



SCYMNUS FLAVIFRONS, Blackb. 



Widely distributed in New South Wales, Tasmania and Western 

 Australia, and very variable in size and to a certain extent in 

 colour. 



S. NOTESCENS, Blackb. Hah. — New South Wales, South Aus- 

 tralia, Western Australia, Tasmania. 



S. Sydneyensis, Blackb. Hah. — Tamworth, Armidale, Forest 

 Reefs, N.S.W. : Brisbane, Q. (A beautiful and very variable 

 species). 



S. Meyricki, Blackb. Hah. — Forest Reefs, N.S.W.; Geraldton, 

 Swan River, W.A. 



S. iNSiDiosus, Blackb. Hah. — InYeveW, N.S.W. 

 S. mitior, Blackb. Hah. — Clarence River, N.S.W. 

 S. Whittonensis, Blackb. Hah.— Whitton, N.S.W. 

 S. INAFFBCTATUS, Blackb. ifa^— Sydney. 



S. IMPICTUS, Blackb. Hah. — Tweed and Richmond Rivers, 

 N.S.W. 



S. OBUMBRATUS, Blackb. Hah. — Glen Innes, Armidale, N.S.W. 



S. AusTRALASiiE, Blackb. Hah. —Tamworth, Forest Reefs, 

 N.S.W. 



S. PARALLELUS, Blackb. Hah. — Forest Reefs. 



S. AUSTRALis, Blackb. Hah. — Geraldton, W.A. 



