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NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA : WITH 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF 



TENEBRIONID.E. 



By H. J. Carter, B.A., F.E.S. 



Notes on Synonymy and Distribution. 



The following notes were taken partly during my late visit to 

 Europe, especially to the Museums of Brussels, Paris, London, 

 and Oxford. The difficulty of travelling, even with a few cases 

 of insects, restricted my comparison of specimens with types to 

 those in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, only. 

 My notes refer only to the three families Buprestidcfi^ Tene- 

 hrionidm^ and, very briefly, Ceramhycidce. 



BUPRESTID^. 



Cypliogaster MacFarlandi C. O. Waterh. — Specimens from 

 Cairns differ chiefly from C. venerea Thoms., in having a lateral 

 3^ellow vitta on the elytral basal half, which C. venerea lacks. 



Astrcmts pyginceus van de Poll, is not a synonym of A. SamoueUei 

 Saund., as suggested by the Rev. T. Blackburn (these Proceed- 

 ings, 1889, p.1'256). A. pygmceusi^ much smaller, a considerable 

 series collected by myself, from Sydney and the Blue Mountains, 

 only varying from 4 to 5 mm. in length, while ^. SamoueJlei Saund. 

 (=/l. Mastersi Macl.) measures from 8 to 9 mm.; and the strong 

 differences in the markings, pointed out by van de Poll, hold true 

 (Notes from Leyden Mus. Yol. viii., p. 170). 



Melohasis speciosa Blackb. = J/. gratiosissima Thoms. — This 

 synonymy is based on named specimens in the Kerremans Collec- 

 tion, lately acquired by the British Museum, compared with a 

 specimen named for me by Mr. Blackburn. Thomson's name has 

 priority. 



