122 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLKOPTERA, 



Saund., is a fairl}' common Sydney species. In S. vigilans the 

 size is smaller, the sides more parallel, the apical excision smaller, 

 while the arrangement of the fasci?e is different The basal fascia 

 in aS'. vigilans is broader, nearer the base, and more continuous on 

 the sides than in S. rectifasciata', the middle fascia is also con- 

 tinuous in its full width to the sides, whereas in Saunders' species 

 it either does not meet the sides (as in fig. Journ. Linn. Soc. 1868) 

 or is mucii narrowed in that region. 



S. hicincta Boisd. — In Saunders' Catalogue, as also in Gem- 

 minger and Harold, this species is placed as a synonym of aS*. 

 hicingulata Lap. et Gor}^ Masters' Catalogue has followed this, 

 though Mr. Masters tells me that this is a mistake And I have 

 two distinct species, identified from the Macleay Museum as 

 {!) S. hicincta Boisd., having the elytral intervals moderately 

 raised, and each elytral apex tridentate, the two interior teeth 

 close together, and longer than the exterior. (2) *S'. hicingulata 

 Lap. et Gory, having the elytral intervals strongly costate, and 

 each elytral apex bidentate, with the exterior tooth much the 

 longer. I carefully examined the specimens in the Hope Museum, 

 Oxford, and took drawings of the elytral apices of the two species 

 labelled as above. According to the Hope specimens, the Macleay 

 Museum has the labels reversed. What I have described above 

 as (1) is S. hicingulata Lap. & Gory, while (2) is S. hicincta Boisd, 



Germaria casM«ri/2ce Blackb. — I have little doubt but that this 

 is the insect described as ApJianisticus liliputanus Thorns.; but 

 the entirely misleading and inadequate description is a strong 

 justification for Mr. Blackburn's redescription. If, however, this 

 synonymy is sustained, it must be known as Germaria liliputanus 

 Thorns. 



Alcinous minor Kerr. — I have a single specimen of this inter- 

 esting species, described as from New South Wales. My insect, 

 identified by Mr. Waterhouse, was sent to me by Mr. Dodd, from 

 Kuranda, Queensland. 



Stigmodera Helmsi Carter. — I took a good series of this 

 Buprestid in the Victorian Alps, above 5000 feet, at the St. 

 Bernard Hospice, in January of the present year. They were 



