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affinis its chief distinctions are (1) more elongate form, (2) 

 apex more deeply dentate, (3) absence of yellovv spöts on 

 apical segment, (4) colour scheme of elytra [n. b. »the apieal 

 segments spotted with red» in Saunders's description of 

 affinis only applies to the (^]. 



S. viridicauda should be placed in my tabulation as 

 follows 



43. Apex of elytre feebly bidentate affinis Saund, 



53 a. » » » strongly » viridicauda sp. nov. 



Merimna atrata Hope. 9 Exs. (Derby, Broome, Alice 

 River, Kimberley, N. W. Austr.). 



Cisseis fulgidicollis Macl. 4 Exs. (Colosseum, Queens- 

 and; Kimberley, N. W. Austr.). 



G. notulata Germ. 1 Ex. (Lamington Flat, Queensland. 



C. ohscura Blackb.? 1 Ex. (Kimberley, N. W. Austr.). 



Cisseis sp.? 1 Ex. (Christmas Creek, Queensland). 



Cisseoides marmorata Macl. 6 Exs. (Kimberley, N. W. 

 Austr.). 



Neospades (cisseis) cruciata Fab. 1 Ex. (Queensland). 



N. (Cisseis) ciiprifera Gestro. 9 Exs. (Kimberley, N. 

 W. Austr,). 



N. (Cisseis) dimidiata Macl. 12 Exs. (Kimberley, N. 

 W. Austr.). 



N. lateralis Blackb. 3 Exs. (Malanda, Queensland). 



[Neospades. Kerremans seems to have overlooked the 

 chief character which Blackburn pointed out a distinguish- 

 ing Neospades from Cisseis — vide Träns. Roy. Soc. South 

 Austr. 1912, pp.? 72—74. — I fully concur with Blackburn 

 in thus distinguishing Neospades »Tarsi very short and 

 very strongly compressed; claws of the divergent type, 

 almost parallel with each other and very deeply bifid». 



Synonym. Neospades (Cisseis) cuprifera Gestro = C. 

 cuprifera Thoms. (Both authors quote Deyrolle M. S. S. 

 Thomson appears to have been unaware of Gestro's pre- 

 vious publication.) 



A^. lateralis Blackb. = Cisseis splendida Kerr. 

 iV. (Cisseis) dimidiata Macl. = C. apicalis Macl. var. 



= C. purpureo-tincta Macl. var. 

 = C. semi-rugosa Thoms. 



I have compared Macleay's three types; between which 

 there are but slight colour differences; \n apicalis the goXåen 



