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Hab. — Queensland: Darling Downs (C. French); N. S. Wales: Gosford 
(H. J. Carter). 
The elothing is so dense that the derm is almost everywhere concealed. In 
M. Carters specimens the scales are shining and of a beautiful golden colour. 
The three apical segments of the abdomen are covered with dark scales, but with 
three feeble stripes of paler scales; the second segment has pale scales on its apical 
half, and darker ones on its basal half. All the elytral interstices from the third 
to the eighth (inclusive), have more or less distinet tubercles or short ridges, but 
the most conspieuous ones are about the posterior declivity as follows. A short 
ridge on the third terminating at summit, a longer and fairly acute ridge on the 
fifth terminating at summit, a similar one on seventh, and a strong conical tubercle 
at Junction of fourth and fifth, about one third below summit; on each side of 
apex the margin is thickened, but scarcely in the form of tubercular swellings. 
Readily distinguished from postica by its larger size, rougher and more parallel 
sided elytra without conical tubercles at apex, and shorter and rougher prothorax. 
The clothing is also very different. 
107. M. postica, Pasc. 
108. Oxyops Hopei, Boh. 
This is a widely distributed but apparently not a common species; specimens 
before me are from Townsville Cairns, Cape York and Adelaide. The specimen 
from Cape York (taken by Daemel) belongs to the Berlin Museum, and is densely 
covered with an ochreous meal; this probably being the normal condition of perfect 
specimens. 
109. Oxyops serricollis, Lea. 
The type of this species (as already noted) is certainly abraded, but these 
are now before me six other speeimens from Adelaide (Berlin Museum), King Georges 
Sound (Macleay Museum), and Sea Lake, Victoria (Goudie). Of these two appear 
to have the clothing in perfect condition, on each of these there is a distinet ante- 
median fascia of white elongate scales, but not continuous to suture or sides; just 
beyond the middle on each side of the third interstice is a feeble faseicle. The 
King Georges Sound specimen is densely covered with an ochreous meal. 
The species is rather close to irrasa, but differs in the less number of elytral 
fascicles, and the protboracic granules smaller and les numerous; the rostrum is 
much the same in sculpture. 
110. Oxyops fasciculata, Redt.; O. maculata, Blackb. 
A common species in New South Wales and Queensland. I wrote to M. Black- 
burn that I considered his maculata to be a synonym and he replied: “Yes, maeulata 
— fasciculata. I discovered it to be the case trongh N. S. W. specimens which I 
obtained some time ago“. 
111. ©. bilunaris, Pasec. 
112. ©. concretus, Pasc. 
113. ©. farinosus, Pasec. 
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