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XII. Suijplementary Note to my 'previous Papers on the 

 Heteromerous Coleoptera of Australia and Tasmania. 

 By George Charles Champion, F.Z.S. 



[Read June 4th, 1896.] 



Since the publication of Part II. of my paper on the 

 " Heteromerous Coleoptera of Australia and Tasmania " 

 (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895), two memoirs dealing 

 with the same subject have come to hand. Both are by 

 Mr, A. M. Lea, of the Bureau of Agriculture, Pertli, W. 

 Australia. As a question of priority is involved in 

 several cases amongst the Anthicidse and Mordellidfe, it 

 may be stated that Mr. Lea's papers bear the following 

 dates: — The first [Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) ix., 

 pp. 589-634] was read on Oct. 31st, 1894, and published 

 on March 28th, 1895. The second [Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.W. (2) X., pp. 224-319] was read on May 29th, 

 1895, and published on Nov. 18th, 1895. 



His first paper, therefoi'e, antedates my own by a little 

 more than two months, the latter having been read in 

 March, and published in June, 1895, The second was 

 not issued till more than five months later. Mr. Lea has 

 been kind enough to send me specimens of many of his 

 new species of Anthicidteand Mordellida?, and also to let me 

 see authentically named examples of several of the species 

 of King and Macleay which were not recognizable from 

 the brief descriptions. The Rev. T. Blackburn, too, has 

 sent me a specimen of his genus Trlcliosalpingus for 

 examination. 



The following corrections must be made to my paper : — 

 P. 233. The Tasmanian insect described by me 

 under the name of Talayra orchesioides = Orchesia 

 eJongala, Macl. (from Queensland, etc.), according to 

 specimens sent me by Mr. Lea. The species will 

 therefore have to bear the name Talayra elongata. 



P. 236. The genus Tellias = Trichosalpinyus, 

 Blackburn (1891), who, the lamellate penultimate 

 tarsal joint notwithstanding, referred it to the 

 Pythid^e, where I should not have thought of looking 

 for it. One of the principal characters given by 

 Lacordaire and others for the Pythidas is the " simple 



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