Amtralum Ciatelidac. 81 



25 33 J without triangular tooth on front tibiae 



2t> 28 Prothorax narrowed to a] ox. Little rounded on sides 



27 Head strongly and closely punctured between eyes 



larida, Blackb 



23 Ibad finely and sparsely punctured between eyes isitiens, Blackb 



29 33 Prothorax short and strongly transverse 



30 -i2 Third joint of antenna* longer than the fourth 



;il Elytral intervals finely and closely punctate fused, Blackb 



:52 Elytral intervals subgranulate Ucabrosa, Champ 



33 Third joint of antennae shorter than the fourth rubra, n.nom. 



rufa, Blackb 

 \U Elytra obfuscate or black biculor, Champ 



;}5 Elytra with lateral vittae obfuscate or black limbata, Blackb 



Synonymy. — (1) //. carhonaria, Germ.—//, tristis. Germ. 



(2) H. (allecula) cisteloides, Xewm.=//. fuscipennis, 



Bless. =//. microderes, Pasc. 



(3) H. (Helops) rufipes, F.=H. (allecula) angusticollis, 



Boh.=H. (allecula) australis, Bois. (?) 



(4) //. rufulicornis, Borch.=//. ruficornis, Blackb. 

 (noiii praeocc). 



(5) //. rubra, Cart. =H. rufa, Blackb. (nom praeocc). 

 With regard to (1) Blackburn has pointed out that carhonaria is 



tl)P * and tristis the 2 of the same species. 



(2) Specimens of //. cisteloides, Newm., and of //. microderes, 

 Pasc., sent me from the Brit. Mus., show their identity with //. 

 fuscipennis, Bless. This very common insect occurs in all the 

 eastern States, from Queensland to South Australia, and. like all 

 common insects, is very valuable in size and colour, the $ being 

 generally darker, sometimes nearly black. It can be distinguished 

 from other species by the confused transversely rugose punctate 

 sculpture of the elytral intervals. It is doubtful if //. canescens, 

 Hope, is specifically distinct. Specimens labelled canescens, Hope, 

 in the Blackburn coll., is a smaller insect with a white scutellum, 

 caused by a close clothing of white recumbent hair, which I have 

 only seen from Brisbane and Northern New South Wales. (Black- 

 burn's specimens were from Werris Creek, N.S.W.) These are 

 also identical with a specimen from the Brit. Mus. labelled with a MS. 

 name by Bates. For the present I have followed Blackburn's deter- 

 mination in this until it is possible to clear up Hope's species. I 

 have been much disappointed in failing to get the Hope types for 

 examination. 



(•')) A specmen of Helops rufipes, F., compared with type, was sent 

 from the Brit. Mus.. and is identical with the common Sydney 



1 Species determined from description only. 



