22 CATALOGUE OF 
Tt is somewhat smaller than C. costatus and than C. unicolor ; the 
thorax is Jess produced over the scutellum, the membrane of the fore wings 
is brown, and the cosial space of the corium is speckled with brown. 
a. Isle of Pines. Presented by the Admiralty. 
5. CoLEOTICHUS NIGROVARIUS. 
Niger, subtus testaceus ; caput antice testaceum nigro conspersum ; thorax 
ituris lateribusque testaceis; scutellum plagis quatuor lateralibus 
leslacets nigro conspersis. 
Black. Under side, antenne and legs testaceous. Head in front tes- 
taceous, with black speckles. Thorax with sume irregular testaceous marks ; 
sides testaceous. Scutellum with two testaceous black-speckled patches on 
each side. Fore wings with a brown membrane; corium along the costa 
black, testaceous-speckled. . Length of the budy 7 lines. 
It is broader than C. sordidus, but the resemblance is so close that they 
may perhaps be considered as varieties of one species. 
a, Ovalau, Fiji Islands. Presented by the Admiralty. 
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slr. 6. CoLEOTICHUS TESTACEUS. 
Mas. Testaceus, fusco-nigroque conspersus; thorax punctis quatuor 
nigris, linea transversa fasciaque non conspersis ; scutellum Llineis 
transversis subarcuatis e atomis nigris ; ale antice linea maculaque 
trigona nigris. Var. B.—Capitis thoracisque latera ochracea. 
Male. Testaceous. Head thinly and minutely brown-speckled. 
Thorax aud scutellum. thickly and minutely brown and_black-speckled. 
Thorax with a longitudinal unspeckled line and near the fore border with 
an unspeckled band, in which four black points form a transverse line. 
Scutellum with the black speckles forming several slightly curved transverse 
lines; a slightly mostly unspeckled longitudinal keel. Fore wings with a 
black oblique line at the end of the corium, joining a triangular subeostal 
black spot; membrane and hind wings cinereous, hyaline. Var. 8.—Sides 
of the head and of the thorax and costa of the corium ochraceous. Length 
of the body 6 lines. 
It is shorter than all the preceding species, and the head is more obtuse 
in front. 
a. New Caledonia. From Mr. Maegillivray’s collection. 
b. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles’ collection. 
7. COLEOTICHUS DISCREPANS. 
Fulvus, subtus niger ; caput fusco conspersum, nigro bistrigatum ; thorax 
nigro conspersus, fasciis quatuor vitlisqgue duabus nigris ; scutellum 
fusco conspersum, fasciis nonnullis subarcuatis strigisque duabus 
latis obliguis nigris ; abdomen subtus vitta e maculis fulvis trigonis. 
Tawny. Body black beneath. Head minutely brown-speckled, with 
two black streaks, which extend from three-fourths of the length to the 
hind border. Thorax black-speckled, with four irregular black bands, 
which join two exterior irregular black stripes; sides and a longitudinal line 
unspeckled. Scutellum brown-speckled, with several slightly curved black 
bands, and with two broad oblique irregular black streaks, which extend 
from the base to the border. Abdomen beneath with a tawny uiangular 
