y . CATALOGUE OF 



It is somewhat smaller ihan C. costatus and than C. unicolor ; the 

 thorax is less proilucefl over the sciitelhiin, the niemliraiie of the fore wings 

 is brown, and the costal space of the coriiim is siieckled with brown. 

 a. Isle of Pines. Presenttd by the Admiralty. 



5. COLKOTICHUS N'lGUOVARIUS. 



Niger, mbtus textncevs ; caput anlice testacciim nigra comtpersxim ; thorax 

 lituris lateribusque teslaceis ; scutcUian playis quatuor laleralibus 

 teataceis nigra canspt'rsis. 



Black. Under side, antennae and legs testaceous. Head in front tes- 

 taceous, with black speckles. Tliorax with some irreyular testaceous marks ; 

 sides testaceous. Sculelhim with two testaceous black-speckled patches on 

 each side. Fore wings with a brown membrane; coriuui along the cosla 

 black, testaceous-speckled. Length of the body 7 lines. 



It is broader than C. sardidu.i, 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. 



6. COLEOTICHUS TESTACEUS. 



Mas. Testaceus, fusco-nigraque cansperxus ; thorax punctii quatuor 

 nigris, linea transversa fasciuque nan conspersis ; sctitellum lineis 

 iransx)ersis subarciiaiis e atomic nigris ; alee auticee linea maculaque 

 trigona nigris. Var. [3. — Capitis ihoracisque latera ochracea. 



Male. Testaceous, Head thinly and minutely brown-speckled. 

 Thorax and scutelium thickly and minutely brown and black-speckled. 

 Thorax with a lonoitudinal unspeckled line and near the fore border with 

 an unspeckled band, in which four black jioints form a transverse line. 

 Scutelium with the black speckles forming; several sliirhtly curved transverse 

 lines; a slightly mostly unspeckled longitudinal keel. Fore wings v.ilh a 

 black oblique line at the end ol' tlie corium, joining a triangular subcostal 

 black spot; membrane and hind wings cinereous, hyaline. Var. /3. — Sides 

 of the head and of the thorax and cosla ol the corium ochraceons. 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. Macgillivray's collection. 



b. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



7. COLEOTICHUS DISCREPANS. 



Fut.vus, suhtus niger ; caput fusco conspersum, nigra bistrigatum ; thorax 

 nigra conspersns,fusciis quatuor vittisque duabus nigris; scutelium 

 fusca conspersum, fasciis nonnullis subarcuaiis slrigisque duabus 

 talis obliquis nigris ; abdomen sublus vitta e macuiis fulvis trigonis. 



Tawny. Body black beneath. Head minutely brown-speckled, with 

 two black streaks, which extend from three-t'ourths of the lensjlh to the 

 hind border. Thorax black-sp'^ckled, with four irregular black bauds, 

 which join two exterior irrcfjular black stripes; sides and a longitudinal line 

 unspeckled. Scuteilnm brown-^peckied, with several slightly curved black 

 bands, and with two broad obli(|ue irregular black streaks, which extend 

 from the base to the border. Abdomen beneath with a tawnv triangular 



