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quite correctly paired thein. The childi-en of Geraklton (Champion 

 Bay) call the females « sandy cows » and are in the habit of harnes- 

 sing them to match bones to use them for racing. 



Leptops ebeninus Pasc. 



A spécimen from Cayndah appeurs to belong to ibis species, but 

 is rather more densely clolbed than tbe type appears to bave been; 

 probably, however, the type was partially abraded. A second spéci- 

 men from Gayndah bas the elytral tubercles not conical but 

 rounded. 



Hah. : Queensland : Dawson River, Rockhampton, Gayndah. 



Leptops cicatricosus Pasc. 



A somewhat variable species, in some respects close to nodicollis 

 and maleficus, but di tiers in the shape of the elytra and in the 

 rostrum and scrobes. 



The scales vary on individuals fron almost white to dark 

 ochreous; at the base of the head they occasionally bave a silvery 

 or golden gloss. On one spécimen the scales at sides of prothorax 

 are much darker than those on the dise, similar scales clothe the 

 sides of suture of elytra and tubercles posteriorly, giving the upper 

 surface a striped appearance. In some small densely clothed spéci- 

 mens the clothing of the antennse causes the joints to appear wider 

 than in other spécimens. 



The rostrum is rather deeply sulcate, but immediately between 

 the insertion of antennae a trace of the médian carina is to be seen. 

 The prothoracic node varies in size and shape, and is occasionally 

 just traceable; the longitudinal dépression in which it is placed is 

 frequently almost obsolète. A few small tubercles are occasionally 

 to be seen on the fifth interstice, but they are seldom as large as 

 those on the third and seventh, the largest tubercle on the seventh 

 is partly on the sixth as well. The size varies from 5 1/2 to 9 lines. 



Hah. : Queensland : Cooktown, Kuranda, Cairns, Rockampton, 

 Port Denison, Wide Bay, Cape York, Coen District, Pine Mountain, 

 Endeavour River. 



Leptops muricatus Pasc. 



Freh spécimens of this species are more or less densely clothed 

 (except on the raised parts) with whitish scales, often having a 

 golden or silvery gloss, The size varies from 7 to 14 lines. 



Hah. : N. W. Australia : Carnarvon; Queensland : Darling Downs. 



