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Ilah. Queensland: Kuranda (H. J. Carter from F. P. Dodd) ; Innisfail 

 (National Museum from C^ French). Type, T. 12004. 



A very distinct species. There is a small spot on each side of the elytron 

 near the end of the hlack epipleurae and invisible from above, on the type it is 

 liardly more than a stain, but on the cotype it is larger and more distinct. On 

 the elytra there are rows of small jninctures, hardly larger than those on the 

 interstices, but owing to "waterlogging" they appear, from directly above, to be 

 much larger. 



THALLIS VINULA Er. 



T. S'ul)vmula Blackb., var. 

 Plate iv, fig. 4. . 



The form described by Rlackl)urn as T. siihriiniJd can only be regarded as a 

 slight variety of T. vinula, with the elytral markings somewhat smaller than 

 usual. Slight ditferenees in the ])unctures may be seen on many specimens with 

 markings of normal size. The typical form occurs in New South Wales, Victoria, 

 and South Australia, as well as in Tasmania. Some of the New South Wales 

 specimens in the Museum were taken from Polyporus saligmis. 



The species also occurs in Western Australia, where the typical form is rare 

 and the variety >iiil)viiiula fairly common : of twenty-four specimens from Western 

 Australia hardly two are exactly alike in size (4-5-6o mm.), colour and mark- 

 ings; the punctures, as a rule, are decidedly stronger than on specimens from 

 Eastern Australia; the prothorax varies from dingy-broAvn to deep-black, the 

 elytra are occasionally entirely dark, but usually have four flavous spots : of 

 these the two at the l)asal third vary consideral^ly in size, and occasionally are 

 conjoined to form an irregular fascia, or they may be so small and obscure as to 

 be traceable with difficulty ; the two postmedian ones are seldom large, and are 

 often hardly traceai)le. 



var. OCCIDENTALIS var. nov. 



Six specimens have tlie u]i|)('r-siirf;i('(' black, except for two tlavous spots, of 

 variable size, at the basal third f)f the elytra. 



Hah. Western Australia: Swan River (J. Clark and A. M. Lea). 



THALLIS BIFASCIATA Crotch. 



A specimen from Sydney (the. type was from Rockhampton) agrees with the 

 description of this species. 



Var. 1 A specimen, from Lucindale, possibly also belongs to the species, but 

 differs from the Sydney one in l)ciiig soiiicwhat sm.aller au.d nari-ower, antennae 



