BY H. J. CARTER. 717 



paper omitted from the Catalogues; secondly b\' Gebien (Notes 

 Leyd. Mus , xxxvi., p. 79). The latter was not tljen included 

 in the Junk Catalogue (1911), edited by Gebien. I therefore 

 propose the name S. loiKjicr^imui for my species. 



The following synonymy may be noted : — 



(1) Ilyocis BakeweUi Pasc. = //. cancellata Lea 



(2) Saragus sjihceroides Cart. = /S'. atrigiventris Lea. 



(3) Platydema striatum Montr. = P. kajudense Perr. = P. oritica 

 Pasc. = P. Championi Blackb. = P. ohscuruyn Black b. 



(4) Platydema limacella Pasc. = P . fossulatiim Blaokb. 



(5) {^^Onosterrhus major- Blackb. = 0. heroina Blackb. 



(6) Prophages aculeatus Westw. ^ Mmrodes Westwoodi Macl. 

 With regard to Nos.(l) and (2), I have examined Mr. Lea's 



types. Hyocis cancellata cannot, I think, be considered more 

 than a variety of H. Bake^velli Pasc. No. (2) is certain by com- 

 parison of types. 



(3) Bates pointed out the synonymy of P. striatum ^lontv , 

 and P. oritica Pasc. That P. Championi Blackb., is the same 

 species, is my own conviction deduced from the descriptions, and 

 from Queensland specimens in my collection. 



(4) I had also similarly marked down the identity of Black- 

 burn's P. fossulatum with P. limacella Pasc, when Mr. Blair 

 wrote to me that "a comparison of the types makes the identity 

 certain." 



(5) I have placed a query before the s3aionymy of Onoste rhus 

 major Blackb., with that of 0. heroina Blackb., sinc«' J liave 

 only one specimen that exactly corresponds to the desci-iption of 

 the latter. Five other specimens, evidently 0. major (from 

 Yalgoo, Kalgoorlie, Shark's Bay, and Cuej show variations that 

 are intermediate forms. It is unnecessary, to my mind, to 

 separate them. 



(6) I have already noted in my "Revision of the Cyphaleinte" 

 (These Proceedings, 1913, p. 63) the strong presumption that 

 Masrodes Westwoodi ^^incl., was Prophanes aculeatus V*/ est\\' . The 

 type of the latter appears to have been lost. I believe now this 

 synonymy to be correct, consequently the generic uame Jla^j'odes 



