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and acute.* As moreover no mention is made of the punctured 

 band on the last tergite of male, it is to be admitted that 

 C. (jneeushmdiie stands by itself as a distinct species. 



Fi>;. 17. 



It is also closely allied to ('. iniicnlniir, Silv., from Gayndah.5 

 Yet it differs in having the proximal joint of the first pair of 

 copulatory oi-gans notched in fi-ont, causing the inner process 

 to be more distinct, longer and more slendei' tlian in ' '. //"''''"•-- 

 ItDidif ; moreover, the two following joint-s stand endwise, the 

 distal appearing to be entirely free. 



* The following is a copy of Silvcstri's description of Cyliosonia 

 targionii (Bull. Soc. Entom. Ital., x.xix., 1897, p. 228) :— 



2 Color nijier, ventre pedibusqLie fusco-terreis. Caput sparse et urosse punctatuin. 

 circa labrum dense punctatum. Antennae perbreves, articiilo sexto cylinclrico. 

 ceteris ma>;is attenuate et lonjiiore. Somita : tergitum primimi latum, breve. 

 TerMita coetera omnia laevijlata. TerSitum ultimuni meilium posticc vi\ vix 

 carinatum, utrimciue depressum. Vulva (tiji. 16) articulo superbo triannulari apice 

 acuto externe aliquantum reverso. cf foemina minor. lerKito ultimo postiee dis- 

 tincte carinato et utrinque depresso. Ornanum coinilativum : par anticuni (tin. 17) 

 articulo secundo permaHno et valde latoapice internoaliciuantum pi'oducto. forcipe 

 parvo dinitus lon^itudine subaetjualibus. par posticum iHk. 17' forcipis digito immo- 

 bili, mobili, valde breviore. trianuuliformi acuto. digiti mobili percrasso. Lonn. 

 Corp. mm. ? 38, J 27: lat. corp. mm. ¥ 17, cT I'i. Hali. Cairns, Queensland." 



Silvcstri's description of C. iiiiicolor {]lcv. Zooi. .Miis. Di-csdcii, 

 vi., 9, 1896/97, p. US), reads thus :— 



"Color plus minusve brunneo-viridescens totus. Caput laevij;atimi punctis valde 

 " sparsis et sat niaMnis impressuni, vertice profundc exc.uato. Antennae attenuatae 

 "articulo ti" lonj;iore, septimo minimo. Ternita: primum laevinatum; secundmn 

 " lateribus normaliter latis ; tergita coetera t)mnia lae\iKata, Kranulis \el pimclis 

 "destituta. Pedes pilis brevibus vestiti, Lu'ticulo ultimo infra spinis (i-7, unKue 

 "iipicali sat brevi, multum uncinate ? V'ul\a ^t^H■ 19) articulorimi basalimn externo 

 "maiore, articulo superoapice acimiinato. cT Foemina minor. Ornanum copulati\ um : 

 " par anticum (H(4. 20) forcipis diKitis perbrevibus. mobilituberculato ; par posticum 

 "(tin- 21) ditJito immobili mobili fere duplo breviore, trianKuliformi, dinito mobili 

 "crasso, spatulato, apice rotundato Lonj;. corp, ? mm, 3,S, cf mm. 29: lat. Corp. 

 " ? mm. 16. S mm, 13, Hab. Nova Hollandia : Gayndah * 



