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black), whilst the tibiae are variable ; in one one-third, in the 

 other two-thirds at the base are dark, the rest being reddish- 

 yellow. Pascoe describes the type as having yellow tarsi, the 

 tibiae not being mentioned. As the legs are certainly variable 

 in colour in two other species, it would be unsafe, therefore, to 

 describe these specimens as new, without additional information 

 about the type. In these specimens the dark portion of the 

 elytra is almost in the form of a circle. 



Allelidea ciavifasciata^ n. sp. 



Black ; antennae (club excepted) and parts of legs reddish ; 

 elytra with two white fasciae, one basal the other submedian. 

 With sparse but fairly long whitish pubescence. 



Head slightly wider than prothorax, with dense and fairly 

 large punctures. Antennae short. Prothorax longer than wide, 

 apex wider than base, rather suddenly inflated before the 

 middle, punctures larger than on head. Elytra narrower at 

 base than base of prothorax, and its widest portion (which is 

 about the middle) narrower than head ; sides at apical fifth 

 finely serrated ; punctures denser but scarcely larger than on 

 prothorax, becoming somewhat smaller and sparser posteriorly. 

 Legs long and thin. Length 2:^^-4 mm. 



Hah. — ^W. Australia : Swan River {k. M. Lea). 



On the elytra the basal fascia appears in the form of two 

 triangles, of which the apices meet at the base of the suture ; 

 the median fascia does not quite touch the suture, and is 

 usually extended along the sides to about one-fourth from the 

 apex, so as to appear in the shape of two boomerangs. On the 

 legs the parts usually red are the trochanters and the tips of 

 the tibiae ; occasionally the red is extended to the middle of the 

 tibiae, but the hind tibiae are sometimes entirely dark. The 

 apex of the elytra is sometimes indistinctly diluted with red. 

 There are seven specimens before me. all of which were taken 

 with the sweep net. 



Allelidea (juadrinoiata^ n. sp. 



Black ; antennae (club excepted), parts of palpi and of tarsi 

 and base of femora obscurely flavous ; elytra with four whitish 

 lateral spots. 



