284 Records of the S.A. Museum 



profhorax ; with rather small pimeturcs, more or less seriate in arrangement. 

 Length, 1 1 • o-lB • 5 mm. 



9 Differs in having the prothorax mnch smaller, tlie sides evenly and rather 

 gently rounded in middle, front angles coneealed from above, each sid(? of dise 

 "with a small fovea, apical incurvature wider and less pronounced, abdomen more 

 convex, and legs and antennae somewhat shorter and thinner. 



Hal). Queensland: Cairns district (F, P. Dodd and G. E. Bryant). Type, 

 I. 4773. 



Readily distinguished from all other descrilied species of the genus by the 

 spotted elytra, the spots on each ai-e: one on the shoulder, a small one (marking 

 the position of a shalloAV fovea) on the side near the base, one level with it but 

 near the suture, a central one sliglitly beyond the middle, and one halfway 

 between it and the apex. The sexual differences of the prothorax are very 

 striking; on the female (returned to Mr. Bryant) the postmedian spot on each 

 elytron is about twice the size of the subapical one, the latter l)eing halfway 

 between the suture and side; on the male the subapical one is larger than the 

 postmedian one, and almost touches the margin. 



Family EROTYLIDAE. 



EPISCAPHULA DUPLOPUNCTATA Blackb. 



E. nigrofasciata, Blackb., var. 

 E. suhapicalis Lea, var. 



The type of E. duplopunctata appears to be a rather rare form of the species, 

 subsequently named E. nigrofasciata. Its prothorax is without larger punctures 

 along the median third, the punctures in the elytral series are slightly larger than 

 usual, the smaller ones on the interstices are more numerous and slightly more 

 conspicuous than nsual. Some specimens from Queensland, including a cotype 

 of E. nigrofasciata, have identical markings, and of these some have elytral 

 punctures exactly the same, and others have the prothoracic ones similar. It 

 occurs in Northern Territory, Queensland, and New South Wales. A specimen, 

 from Sydney, as small as the type (Queensland specimens are usually slightly 

 larger) has prothoracic punctures exactly the same, but on the elytral interstices 

 the punctures are very minute. The species is also extremely close to some of 

 the forms of E. australis, and I am doubtful as to whether it should not be 

 regarded as a form of that species. 



The form 1 named E. sttbapicaUs as a vai-iety of E. frrniitophila ( tcrinitophila 

 itself, liowever, is distinct by its more dilated middle parts, ami elytra with only 

 two series of red markings, instead of three) appears also to belong to the species, 



